LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininesecond declension

dialectos

dialectos f (genitive dialectī)
Classical[di.aˈɫɛk.tɔs]Ecclesiastical[di.aˈlɛk.tos]

Meaning

  1. femininea dialect (a form of a language peculiar to a region) (esp. Greek)
    Nihilo lenior in convictores Graeculos, quibus vel maxime adquiescebat, Xenonem quendam exquisitius sermocinantem cum interrogasset, quaenam illa tam molesta dialectos esset, et ille respondisset Doridem, relegavit Cinariam, existimans exprobratum sibi veterem secessum, quod Dorice Rhodii loquantur.He was not a whit milder towards his Greek companions, in whose society he took special pleasure. When one Xeno was holding forth in somewhat far-fetched phrases, he asked him what dialect that was which was so affected, and on Xeno's replying that it was Doric, he banished him to Cinaria, believing that he was being taunted with his old-time exile, inasmuch as the Rhodians spoke Doric.c. 69 CE – 122 CE, Suetonius, Vita Divi Tiberii 56

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativedialectosdialectī
dialectoe
genitivedialectīdialectōrum
dativedialectōdialectīs
accusativedialecton
dialectum		dialectōs
ablativedialectōdialectīs
vocativedialectedialectī
dialectoe

dĭălectos or -us, i, f., = διάλεκτος,
I. a dialect, Suet. Tib. 56.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Latindialectos

Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *dwísder. Ancient Greek διά (diá) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ- (dĭă-) Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-der. Proto-Indo-European *léǵ-e-ti Proto-Hellenic *légō Ancient Greek λέγω (légō) Ancient Greek διαλέγομαι (dialégomai) Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́λεκτος (dĭắlektos)bor. Latin dialectos Borrowed from Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́λεκτος (dĭắlektos).

Descendants
  • Catalandialecte
  • GermanDialekt
  • Italiandialetto
  • Frenchdialectefrom Middle French dialecte
  • Romaniandialectfrom Middle French dialecte
  • Englishdialectfrom Middle French dialecte
  • Occitandialècte
  • Portuguesedialeto
  • Sardiniandialetu
  • Spanishdialecto

Quick answers

What does dialectos mean in Latin?
dialectos, a noun, means “a dialect (a form of a language peculiar to a region) (esp. Greek)”.
What is the genitive of dialectos?
The genitive singular is dialectī. dialectos is feminine, second declension.
How do you pronounce dialectos?
In classical Latin, [di.aˈɫɛk.tɔs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [di.aˈlɛk.tos].
Where does dialectos come from?
Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ → Latin dialectos.