διάλογος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From διαλέγω (dialégō) +‎ -ος (-os).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /di.á.lo.ɡos/ → /ðiˈa.lo.ɣos/ → /ðiˈa.lo.ɣos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /di.á.lo.ɡos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /diˈa.lo.ɡos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðiˈa.lo.ɣos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðiˈa.lo.ɣos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðiˈa.lo.ɣos/

Noun

δῐᾰ́λογος • (diálogos) m (genitive δῐᾰλόγου); second declension

1. conversation, dialogue

Declension

Second declension of ὁ δῐᾰ́λογος; τοῦ δῐᾰλόγου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ δῐᾰ́λογος ho diálogos	τὼ δῐᾰλόγω tṑ dialógō	οἱ δῐᾰ́λογοι hoi diálogoi
Genitive	τοῦ δῐᾰλόγου toû dialógou	τοῖν δῐᾰλόγοιν toîn dialógoin	τῶν δῐᾰλόγων tôn dialógōn
Dative	τῷ δῐᾰλόγῳ tôi dialógōi	τοῖν δῐᾰλόγοιν toîn dialógoin	τοῖς δῐᾰλόγοις toîs dialógois
Accusative	τὸν δῐᾰ́λογον tòn diálogon	τὼ δῐᾰλόγω tṑ dialógō	τοὺς δῐᾰλόγους toùs dialógous
Vocative	δῐᾰ́λογε diáloge	δῐᾰλόγω dialógō	δῐᾰ́λογοι diálogoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: διάλογος (diálogos)
• → Latin: dialogus (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• “διάλογος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• διάλογος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• διάλογος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • chat idem, page 127.
  • conversation idem, page 173.
  • dialogue idem, page 222.
  • discourse idem, page 231.
  • talk idem, page 854.
• διάλογος - ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ (since 2011) Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch) University of Chicago.

Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Ancient Greek διάλογος (diálogos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ðiˈa.lo.ɣos/

Noun

διάλογος • (diálogos) m (plural διάλογοι)

1. dialogue

Declension

declension of διάλογος

case     \     number	singular	plural
nominative	διάλογος •	διάλογοι •
genitive	διαλόγου •	διαλόγων •
accusative	διάλογο •	διαλόγους •
vocative	διάλογε •	διάλογοι •

Further reading

• διάλογος - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.