dialectos

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́λεκτος (diálektos).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /di.aˈlek.tos/, [di.aˈɫɛk.tɔs]

Noun

dialectos f (genitive dialectī); second declension

  1. a dialect (a form of a language peculiar to a region)

Usage notes
  • Nouns of feminine gender are relatively 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
  • dĭălectos or -us in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • dĭălectŏs (-us) in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, 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)

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Noun

dialectos

  1. Plural of noun dialecto.

Spanish

Noun

dialectos m pl

  1. plural of dialecto
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