Ancient Greek

Noun

διαλεκτική • ‎(dialektikḗ) f ‎(genitive διαλεκτικής); first declension

1. dialectic, discussion by question and answer, invented by Zeno of Elea
   • 380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 534.E

Inflection

Derived terms

• LATIN: dialectica

See also

• See the Etymology subsection of the English noun dialectic

References

• διαλεκτικός in A Greek–English Lexicon by Liddell & Scott, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1940 (information for the noun can be found in the adjective entry)