discursus

English

Etymology

Noun

discursus (plural discursuses)

(logic) argumentation; ratiocination; discursive reasoning

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for discursus in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Latin

Etymology

From discurrō.

Noun

discursus m (genitive discursūs); fourth declension

running about (or to and fro)

Inflection

Fourth declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	discursus	discursūs
Genitive	discursūs	discursuum
Dative	discursuī	discursibus
Accusative	discursum	discursūs
Ablative	discursū	discursibus
Vocative	discursus	discursūs

Related terms

discurro

Descendants

Catalan: discurs
Dalmatian: discuars
English: discourse
French: discours
Italian: discorso

Portuguese: discurso
Romanian: discurs
Sardinian: discursu
Spanish: discurso

References

discursus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
discursus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
discursus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
discursus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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