θεολογία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From θεολογέω (theologéō) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /θe.o.loˈʝi.a/ → /θe.o.loˈʝi.a/

• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tʰe.o.loˈɡi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /θe.o.loˈʝi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θe.o.loˈʝi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θe.o.loˈʝi.a/

Noun

θεολογῐ́ᾱ • (theologíā) f (genitive θεολογῐ́ᾱς); first declension (Koine)

1. (uncountable) theology
2. (countable) oration in praise of a god

Inflection

First declension of ἡ θεολογῐ́ᾱ; τῆς θεολογῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ θεολογῐ́ᾱ hē theologíā	τὼ θεολογῐ́ᾱ tṑ theologíā	αἱ θεολογῐ́αι hai theologíai
Genitive	τῆς θεολογῐ́ᾱς tês theologíās	τοῖν θεολογῐ́αιν toîn theologíain	τῶν θεολογῐῶν tôn theologiôn
Dative	τῇ θεολογῐ́ᾳ têi theologíāi	τοῖν θεολογῐ́αιν toîn theologíain	ταῖς θεολογῐ́αις taîs theologíais
Accusative	τὴν θεολογῐ́ᾱν tḕn theologíān	τὼ θεολογῐ́ᾱ tṑ theologíā	τᾱ̀ς θεολογῐ́ᾱς tā̀s theologíās
Vocative	θεολογῐ́ᾱ theologíā	θεολογῐ́ᾱ theologíā	θεολογῐ́αι theologíai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: θεολογία (theología)
• → Latin: theologia (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• “θεολογία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• θεολογία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • divinity idem, page 244.
  • theology idem, page 865.

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek θεολογία (theología).

Noun

θεολογία • (theología) f

1. theology

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	θεολογία (theología)	θεολογίες (theologíes)
genitive	θεολογίας (theologías)	θεολογιών (theologión)
accusative	θεολογία (theología)	θεολογίες (theologíes)
vocative	θεολογία (theología)	θεολογίες (theologíes)

Further reading

• θεολογία, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language