θεολογία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

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 • (theologĭ́ā) 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 theologĭ́ā	τὼ θεολογῐ́ᾱ tṑ theologĭ́ā	αἱ θεολογῐ́αι hai theologĭ́ai
Genitive	τῆς θεολογῐ́ᾱς tês theologĭ́ās	τοῖν θεολογῐ́αιν toîn theologĭ́ain	τῶν θεολογῐῶν tôn theologĭôn
Dative	τῇ θεολογῐ́ᾳ têi theologĭ́āi	τοῖν θεολογῐ́αιν toîn theologĭ́ain	ταῖς θεολογῐ́αις taîs theologĭ́ais
Accusative	τὴν θεολογῐ́ᾱν tḕn theologĭ́ān	τὼ θεολογῐ́ᾱ tṑ theologĭ́ā	τᾱ̀ς θεολογῐ́ᾱς tā̀s theologĭ́ās
Vocative	θεολογῐ́ᾱ theologĭ́ā	θεολογῐ́ᾱ theologĭ́ā	θεολογῐ́αι theologĭ́ai
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

Declension of θεολογία

	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