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dialectos
dialectos
Latin
Alternative forms
Noun
dialectos f (genitive dialectī); second declension
- a dialect (a form of a language peculiar to a region)
Usage notes
- Nouns of feminine gender are rare in this declension; dialectos inherits its feminine gender from the Ancient Greek διάλεκτος.
Declension
Second declension, Greek type.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | dialectos | dialectī |
| genitive | dialectī | dialectōrum |
| dative | dialectō | dialectīs |
| accusative | dialecton | dialectōs |
| ablative | dialectō | dialectīs |
| vocative | dialecte | dialectī |
Descendants
References
- or -us dĭălectos or -us in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “dĭălectŏs (-us)”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette, page 518/1.
- dialectos in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 15.04.04) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- “dialectos” on page 536/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)