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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek θεωρία (theōría).
Pronunciation
Noun
theōria f (genitive theōriae); first declension
- (philosophy) speculation, theory
Declension
First-declension noun.
Descendants
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
- ^ Francesco Sabatini, Vittorio Coletti. Il Sabatini Coletti. Dizionario di Italiano. Rizzoli Larousse, 2003, s.v.
- ^ “Theorie” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Portuguese
Noun
theoria f (plural theorias)
- Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1911) of teoria.