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Sunday, March 29, 2020

Grice uses Latinate "rational" AND Grecian "logical"

rătĭōnālis , e, adj. ratio.
I. Of or belonging to accounts (post-Aug.): LITTERAE, Inscr. (a. p. Chr. 193) Orell. 39.—Hence, subst.
(α). rătĭōnālis , is, m., an accountantreceiver of revenuetreasurerLampr. Alex. Sev. 4546Capitol. Gord. 7; Commod. ap. Capitol. Albin. 2Amm. 15, 3, 4Inscr. Orell. 1090.—
(β). rătĭōnāle , is, n., the oracular breastplate of the Jewish highpriest, Vulg. Exod. 25, 7id. Lev. 8, 8; also called rationale judicii (transl. of LXX. τὸ λογεῖον τῆς κρίσεως), id. Exod. 28, 15.—
II. Of or belonging to reasonreasonablerationalendowed with reason: “falsa est (finitio), si dicasEquus est animal rationalenam est equus animalsed irrationale,” Quint. 7, 3, 24: “homo est animal rationale,” id. 5, 10, 56; cf. id. 5, 8, 7; and: “nec si mutis finis voluptasrationalibus quoquequin immo ex contrarioquia mutisideo non rationalibus,” id. 5, 11, 35; so without a subst.: “a rationali ad rationale (translatio),” id. 8, 6, 13.—
B. Reasonabledepending on reason: “in causā rationali,” Auct. Her. 2, 12, 18: “philosophia,” i. e. logicSen. Ep. 89, 17; “also called rationalis pars philosophiae,” Quint. 12, 2, 10: disciplina, i. e. theoretical science (opp. to usus and experimenta), Cels. praef.; “also ars,” id. ib.; hence, rationalis medicina, theoretical therapeutics; “and rationales medici,” medical theoristsid. ib.
2. In rhet., i. q. ratiocinativus, of or belonging to a syllogismsyllogistic: “genus (quaestionum),” Quint. 3, 5, 46, 5478; 86; cf. “status,” id. 3, 6, 5666.— Hence, adv.: rătĭōnālĭter , in a reasonable mannerreasonablyrationallySen. Ep. 109Tert. Anim. 16 al.

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