topia

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Latin topia, from Ancient Greek τόπια (tópia), ultimately from Ancient Greek τόπος (tópos, “place”). ==== Noun ==== topia (historical) A kind of mural decoration common in Ancient Roman houses, usually featuring landscapes. ===== Related terms ===== topiary === Etymology 2 === From Ancient Greek τόπος (tópos, “place, region”) + -ία (-ía), by analogy with utopia. Compare also French topie. ==== Noun ==== topia (plural topias) (postmodern philosophy) The lived physical place, in opposition to the ideal of a utopia. Coordinate terms: utopia, heterotopia === Anagrams === Tai Po, taipo, patio == Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek τόπια (tópia, “artistic representation in which natural or artificial features of a place are used as the medium”), plural of Ancient Greek τόπιον (tópion, “field, landscape”), from τόπος (tópos, “place”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈtɔ.pi.a] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈtɔː.pi.a] === Noun === topia n pl (genitive topiōrum); second declension ornamental gardening, landscape painting ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter), plural only. === References === “topia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “topia”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.