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diatriba
diatriba
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek διατριβή (diatribḗ).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /diˈa.tri.ba/
Noun
diatriba f (genitive diatribae); first declension
- a learned discussion; a discourse
- (by extension) a school
Inflection
First declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | diatriba | diatribae |
genitive | diatribae | diatribārum |
dative | diatribae | diatribīs |
accusative | diatribam | diatribās |
ablative | diatribā | diatribīs |
vocative | diatriba | diatribae |
Descendants
References
- diatriba in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “diatriba”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.