dialogus Latin · revision 7645

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=Cicero|origins=grc διαλέγομαι}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [diˈa.ɫɔ.ɡʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [diˈaː.lo.ɡus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''dialogus''' ''m'' (genitive dialogī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|grc|διάλογος|tr=diálogos|t=conversation]], related to [[m|grc|διαλέγομαι|tr=dialégomai|t=to converse]], from [[m|grc|διά|tr=diá|t=across]] and [[m|grc|λέγω|tr=légō|t=to speak]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) The TLL dates it from Cicero, who sometimes writes it in Greek.^(TLL)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Isidore defines it as a discussion of two or more persons.^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Cicero, of a discussion and of a written dialogue.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant a discussion, a dispute, and a literary work in dialogue form, a philosophical dialogue, as in Cicero and Quintilian.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant a dialogue or conversation.^(Stelten 1995) British Medieval Latin used it for Gregory the Great's ''Dialogues'' and for dramatic dialogue.^(DMLBS) It survives in Italian ''dialogo'' and French ''dialogue'', and [[en|dialogue]] came about 1200, “a literary work in the form of a conversation”.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of a written dialogue.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 35–95/96 AD – Quintilian uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1200 – English ''dialogue'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A discussion, dispute.^(OLD 2012)

+ # A [[m|en|dialogue]] (as a literary work).^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[dialogista]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[en|dialogue]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}