θεραπεία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From θεραπεύω (therapeúō, “to heal”) +‎ -ία (-ía).

Pronunciation

Noun

θερᾰπείᾱ • (therapeíā) f (genitive θερᾰπείᾱς); first declension

1. a waiting on service
   • 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, Genesis 45.16
2. medical treatment

Inflection

Descendants

Further reading

• “θεραπεία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “θεραπεία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• θεραπεία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• G2322 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • address idem, page 11.
  • adoration idem, page 13.
  • advance idem, page 13.
  • attendance idem, page 51.
  • attention idem, page 51.
  • canvass idem, page 111.
  • care idem, page 113.
  • courting idem, page 179.
  • deference idem, page 205.
  • devotion idem, page 221.
  • dressing idem, page 252.
  • heed idem, page 394.
  • homage idem, page 403.
  • honour idem, page 404.
  • hygiene idem, page 412.
  • medical idem, page 521.
  • ministration idem, page 531.
  • nursing idem, page 563.
  • regard idem, page 686.
  • respect idem, page 703.
  • reverence idem, page 709.
  • service idem, page 755.
  • superintendence idem, page 839.
  • superstition idem, page 839.
  • supervision idem, page 840.
  • tendance idem, page 861.
  • treatment idem, page 892.
  • veneration idem, page 946.
  • worship idem, page 990.

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek θεραπεία (therapeía).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θe.ɾaˈpi.a/
• Hyphenation: θε‧ρα‧πεί‧α

Noun

θεραπεία • (therapeía) f (plural θεραπείες)

1. (medicine) cure, therapy, remedy

Declension

Synonyms

• γιατρειά f (giatreiá) (colloquial)

Derived terms

Related terms

• see: θεραπεύω (therapévo, “cure”)