reductio ad absurdum in Latin

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Etymology: Possibly a loose calque of Ancient Greek ἡ εἰς τὸ ἀδύνατον ἀπόδειξις (hē eis tò adúnaton apódeixis, “demonstration towards the impossible”). Etymology templates: {{clq|la|grc|ἡ εἰς τὸ ἀδύνατον ἀπόδειξις|nocap=1|t=demonstration towards the impossible}} calque of Ancient Greek ἡ εἰς τὸ ἀδύνατον ἀπόδειξις (hē eis tò adúnaton apódeixis, “demonstration towards the impossible”) Head templates: {{la-noun|reductiō<3.sg> ad absurdum}} reductiō ad absurdum f sg (genitive reductiōnis ad absurdum); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|reductiō<3.sg> ad absurdum}} Forms: reductiō ad absurdum [canonical, feminine, singular], reductiōnis ad absurdum [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], reductiō ad absurdum [nominative, singular], reductiōnis ad absurdum [genitive, singular], reductiōnī ad absurdum [dative, singular], reductiōnem ad absurdum [accusative, singular], reductiōne ad absurdum [ablative, singular], reductiō ad absurdum [singular, vocative]

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"reductio ad absurdum" meaning in Latin

Noun