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Syllogismus
Syllogismus
See also: syllogismus
German
Noun
Syllogismus m (genitive Syllogismus, plural Syllogismen)
- (logic) syllogism (inference from premises)
syllogismus
syllogismus
See also: Syllogismus
English
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No worthy leader would avoid wartime military service. You used family influence to get into the National Guard. (Therefore, you are not a worthy leader.) |
Noun
syllogismus (usually uncountable, plural syllogismi)
- (rhetoric) Omission of the conclusion of a syllogistic argument.
See also
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek συλλογισμός (sullogismós, “inference, conclusion”).
Noun
syllogismus m (genitive syllogismī); second declension
- (logic) syllogism
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | syllogismus | syllogismī |
| genitive | syllogismī | syllogismōrum |
| dative | syllogismō | syllogismīs |
| accusative | syllogismum | syllogismōs |
| ablative | syllogismō | syllogismīs |
| vocative | syllogisme | syllogismī |
References
- syllogismus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “syllogismus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.