sorites

== English == === Etymology === From the Latin sōrītēs, from the Ancient Greek σωρῑ́της (sōrī́tēs, “fallacy of the heap”), from σωρός (sōrós, “heap”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /səˈɹaɪtiːz/ === Noun === sorites (plural sorites) (logic, rhetoric) A series of propositions whereby each conclusion is taken as the subject of the next. ==== Derived terms ==== destructive sorites Goclenian sorites sorites paradox ==== See also ==== syllogism === Noun === sorites plural of sorite === Anagrams === sorties, stories, Sorties, rossite, trioses, oisters, rosiest, restios, roestis == Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek σωρείτης (sōreítēs, “fallacy of the heap”), from σωρός (sōrós, “heap”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [soːˈriː.teːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [soˈriː.tes] === Noun === sōrītēs m (genitive sōrītae); first declension sorites; a logical sophism formed by an accumulation of arguments ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun (masculine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ēs). ==== Descendants ==== English: sorites === References === “sorites”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “sorites”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “sorites”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.