English → Latin
“dialectic” in Latin
dialecticusdialectical; logical; reasoningsubtīlitāsfineness, thinness, slenderness, minuteness; keenness, acuteness; exactness, subtlety
The English word dialectic itself goes back to Latin dialecticus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
dialectic
dialecticus.
DIALECTICS, dialectica, plur., or dialectica, ae [☞ the correctness of the latter form is incorrectly denied by Zumpt, ad Cic., Off., 1, 6, 5]. ars bene disserendi et vera ac falsa dijudicandi: disserendi ratio or subtilitas. Skilled in dialectics, dialecticus.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for dialectic?
- The usual Latin words for “dialectic” are dialecticus, subtīlitās. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.