διαλογ-ισμός, ὁ,
balancing of accounts, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 36.23, “PRev.Laws” 17.17 (_plural_), “IG” 5(1).1432.6 (from Messene), etc.: hence, ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II calculation, consideration, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Axiochus” 367a; δ. λαβεῖν περὶ σφῶν αὐτῶν 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 5.3.7 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ δ. οὗτος this consideration, [[ 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “D.” 1.15. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__III debate, argument, discussion, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Fragmenta” 138 (_plural_), 4th c.AD: Metrodorus Epigrammaticus 37, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.180c. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__IV circuit court, τοῦ νομοῦ δ. ποιῆσαι [[ “PLond.” 2.358.19, compare “BGU” 19i13 (2nd c.AD). ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__V judicial inquiry, [[ PTeb. 27.35 (2nd c.BC), “PFay.” 66.2 (2nd c.AD). ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]