theoria

== Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek θεωρία (theōría). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [tʰeˈoː.ri.a] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [teˈɔː.ri.a] === Noun === theōria f (genitive theōriae); first declension (philosophy) speculation, theory ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== → Catalan: teoria → Czech: teorie → Dutch: theorie→ Indonesian: teori → Finnish: teoria → Middle French: theorie [1380] French: théorie→ Romanian: teorie → English: theory → Italian: teoria [from 17th c.] → Galician: teoría → German: Theorie [first in the 16th c. as theoria] → Old Irish: teöir, teüirMiddle Irish: téoirIrish: teoir → Occitan: teoria → Polish: teoria → Portuguese: teoria → Spanish: teoría → Esperanto: teorie ==== References ==== “theoria”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "theoria", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, 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 == Portuguese == === Noun === theoria f (plural theorias) pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of teoria