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Discursus
Dis-cur′sus
,Noun.
[L.]
(Logic)
Argumentation; ratiocination; discursive reasoning.
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discursus
discursus
English
Noun
discursus (plural discursuses)
- (logic) argumentation; ratiocination; discursive reasoning
Latin
Etymology
From discurrō.
Noun
discursus m (genitive discursūs); fourth declension
- running about (or to and fro)
Inflection
Fourth declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | discursus | discursūs |
| genitive | discursūs | discursuum |
| dative | discursuī | discursibus |
| accusative | discursum | discursūs |
| ablative | discursū | discursibus |
| vocative | discursus | discursūs |
Related terms
Descendants
References
- discursus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- discursus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- DISCURSUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “discursus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.