διαλεκτικός
dialektikos
conversational
Appears 105 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
διαλεκτικός, ή, όν, A. conversational, χορός Eloc. 167. 2. δ. ὄργανα organs of articulate speech, opp. φωνητικά, 16.204. II. skilled in dialectic, ὁ ἐρωτᾶν καὶ ἀποκρίνεσθαι ἐπιστάμενος Cra. 390c; ἦ καὶ δ. καλεῖς τὸν λόγον ἑκάστου λαμβάνοντα τῆς οὐσίας; R. 534b; dialectical, Metaph. 995b23; δ. συλλογισμός Top. 100a22; πρὸς τοὺς δ., title of work by , 10.24, cf. Rh. 1.279 , al. III. ἡ διαλεκτική (sc. τέχνη) dialectic, discussion by question and answer, invented by Zeno of Elea, Fr. 65; philosophical method, ὥσπερ θριγκὸς τοῖς μαθήμασιν ἡ δ. ἐπάνω κεῖται R. 534e: τὸ -κόν Sph. 253e; περὶ -κῆς, title of work by Cleanthes, 7.174. 2. the logic of probabilities, ἡ δ. πειραστικὴ περὶ ὧν ἡ φιλοσοφία γνωριστική Metaph. 1004b25, cf. Rh. 1354a1. IV. Adv. -κῶς dialectically, Phlb. 17a, etc.; for the sake of argument, opp. κατʼ ἀλήθειαν, Top. 105b31, cf. de An. 403a2; by argument on general principles, opp. scientifically, Rh. 2.134 , Mus.p.89 K.: Comp. -ώτερον Men. 75d; more logically, Pr. 97.
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