conversational,
διαλεκτ-ικός,ή,όν,
A. conversational,
χορός
Demetr. Eloc. 167
.
2. δ. ὄργαναorgansof articulate speech,opp.φωνητικά,
Gal. 16.204 .
II. skilled in dialectic,
ὁ ἐρωτᾶν καὶ ἀποκρίνεσθαι ἐπιστάμενος
Pl. Cra. 390c
; ἦ καὶ δ. καλεῖς τὸν λόγον ἑκάστου λαμβάνοντα τῆς οὐσίας;
Id. R. 534b
;dialectical,
Arist. Metaph. 995b23 ; δ. συλλογισμός
Id. Top. 100a22
;πρὸς τοὺς δ.,title of work by Metrodorus , D.L. 10.24 , cf. Phld. Rh. 1.279
S. , al.
III. ἡ διαλεκτική(sc.τέχνη)dialectic, discussion by question and answer,invented by Zeno of Elea, Arist. Fr. 65 ;philosophical method,
ὥσπερ θριγκὸς τοῖς μαθήμασιν ἡ δ. ἐπάνω κεῖται
Pl. R. 534e
: τὸ -κόν
Id. Sph. 253e
;περὶ -κῆς,title of work by Cleanthes, D.L. 7.174 .
2. the logic of probabilities,
ἡ δ. πειραστικὴ περὶ ὧν ἡ φιλοσοφία γνωριστική
Arist. Metaph. 1004b25
, cf. Rh. 1354a1 .
IV. Adv.
-κῶς dialectically,
Pl. Phlb. 17a
, etc.;for the sake of argument,opp.κατ' ἀλήθειαν,
Arist. Top. 105b31 , cf. de An. 403a2 ;by argument on general principles,opp. scientifically, Phld. Rh. 2.134
S.,Mus. p.89 K.: Comp.
-ώτερον
Pl. Men. 75d
;more logically,
Dam. Pr. 97 .
