theoria

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek θεωρία (theōría).

Noun

theōria f (genitive theōriae); first declension

1. (philosophy) speculation, theory

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	theōria	theōriae
genitive	theōriae	theōriārum
dative	theōriae	theōriīs
accusative	theōriam	theōriās
ablative	theōriā	theōriīs
vocative	theōria	theōriae

Descendants

• Catalan: teoria
• English: theory
• French: théorie
• Galician: teoría
• Italian: teoria

• Occitan: teoria
• Old Irish: teöir
  • Irish: teoir
• Portuguese: teoria
• Spanish: teoría

References

• “theoria”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• theoria in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• theoria in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “theoria”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “theoria”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

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Portuguese

Noun

theoria f (plural s)

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