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dĭălectĭcus , a, um, adj., = διαλεκτικός,
I.belonging to disputation, dialectical.
I. Adj.: “captiones,” Cic. Fin. 2, 6, 17: “disputationes,” Quint. 5, 14, 27: “pars,” id. 12, 2, 13 et saep.: “sapientiae professor,” Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 180.—Adv., dialecticē , dialectically: “disputare,” Cic. Fin. 2, 6, 17: “dicta multa,” id. Ac. 1, 2, 8: “probare,” Quint. 1, 10, 37.—
II. Subst.
A. dĭălectĭcus , i, m., a dialectician, logician, Cic. Or. 32, 113; id. Fin. 2, 6, 15; Quint. 2, 4, 41; 7, 3, 41 al.—
B. dĭă-lectĭca , ae, f. (sc. ars), dialectics, logic, Cic. Ac. 2, 28, 91; id. Fin. 2, 6, 15; Quint. 1, 10, 37; 3, 4, 10 al.—Also in the Gr. form dĭălectĭce , ēs, f., Quint. 2, 20, 7; 2, 17, 14; 2, 21, 13 al.—
C. dĭălectĭca , ōrum, n., logical questions, dialectics, Cic. Fin. 3, 12, 41; id. Off. 1, 6, 19; id. Brut. 31, 119 al.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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    • Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum, 2.6
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    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 12, 2.13
    • Cicero, Brutus, 31.119
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