dialectos

Latin

noun
Definitions
  • a dialect a form of a language peculiar to a region (esp. Greek) Nihilo lenior in convictores Graeculos, quibus vel maxime adquiescebat, Xenonem quendam exquisitius sermocinantem cum interrogasset, quaenam illa tam molesta dialectos esset, et ille respondisset Doridem, relegavit Cinariam, existimans exprobratum sibi veterem secessum, quod Dorice Rhodii loquantur.

Etymology

Derived from Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́λεκτος.

Origin

Ancient Greek

δῐᾰ́λεκτος

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