enthymema

English

Noun

enthymema (plural enthymemas)

1. Alternative form of enthymeme

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐνθύμημα (enthúmēma, “thought, consideration”), from ἐνθῡμέομαι (enthūméomai, “to consider, infer”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /en.tʰyːˈmeː.ma/, [ɛn̪t̪ʰyːˈmeːmä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /en.tiˈme.ma/, [en̪t̪iˈmɛːmä]

Noun

enthȳmēma n (genitive enthȳmēmatis); third declension

1. (rhetoric) a logical argument, piece of reasoning; an enthymeme

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

	singular	plural
nominative	enthȳmēma	enthȳmēmata
genitive	enthȳmēmatis	enthȳmēmatum
dative	enthȳmēmatī	enthȳmēmatibus
accusative	enthȳmēma	enthȳmēmata
ablative	enthȳmēmate	enthȳmēmatibus
vocative	enthȳmēma	enthȳmēmata

References

• “enthymema”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “enthymema”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers