dialectica
From LSJ
ὁ χρόνος ἐστὶ δάνος, τὸ ζῆν πικρός ἐσθ' ὁ δανίσας → time is a loan, and he who lent you life is a hard creditor | time is on loan and life's lender is a prick
Latin > English
dialectica dialecticae N F :: art of reasoning; logic
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
dĭălectĭca: ae, f., and orum, n., and dĭălectĭce, ēs, v. dialecticus,
I no. II.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
dĭălectĭca,¹⁴ ōrum, n., études de dialectique : Cic. Br. 119 ; Or. 118 || diălectĭca, æ, f., dialectique : Cic. Ac. 2, 91 ; Br. 309 ; Or. 113 ou diălectĭcē, ēs, f., Quint. 2, 20, 7, etc.
Latin > German (Georges)
dialectica, s. dialecticus.
