θεώρημα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From θεωρέω (theōréō, “to look at; to consider, contemplate”) +‎ -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰe.ɔ̌ː.rɛː.ma/ → /θeˈo.ri.ma/ → /θeˈo.ri.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰe.ɔ̌ː.rɛː.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tʰeˈo.re̝.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /θeˈo.ri.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θeˈo.ri.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θeˈo.ri.ma/

Noun

θεώρημᾰ • (theṓrēma) n (genitive θεωρήμᾰτος); third declension

1. sight, spectacle
2. vision, intuition
3. speculation, theory, proposition
4. (in the plural) arts and sciences
5. (mathematics) theorem, mathematical statement
6. investigation, inquiry

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ θεώρημᾰ; τοῦ θεωρήμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ θεώρημᾰ tò theṓrēma	τὼ θεωρήμᾰτε tṑ theōrḗmate	τᾰ̀ θεωρήμᾰτᾰ tà theōrḗmata
Genitive	τοῦ θεωρήμᾰτος toû theōrḗmatos	τοῖν θεωρημᾰ́τοιν toîn theōrēmátoin	τῶν θεωρημᾰ́των tôn theōrēmátōn
Dative	τῷ θεωρήμᾰτῐ tôi theōrḗmati	τοῖν θεωρημᾰ́τοιν toîn theōrēmátoin	τοῖς θεωρήμᾰσῐ / θεωρήμᾰσῐν toîs theōrḗmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ θεώρημᾰ tò theṓrēma	τὼ θεωρήμᾰτε tṑ theōrḗmate	τᾰ̀ θεωρήμᾰτᾰ tà theōrḗmata
Vocative	θεώρημᾰ theṓrēma	θεωρήμᾰτε theōrḗmate	θεωρήμᾰτᾰ theōrḗmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• θεωρηματικός (theōrēmatikós)
• θεωρημάτιον (theōrēmátion)

 

Related terms

• θεωρία (theōría)
• θεωρός (theōrós)

Descendants

• Latin: theōrēma

Further reading

• “θεώρημα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “θεώρημα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• θεώρημα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek θεώρημα (theṓrēma).

Noun

θεώρημα • (theórima) n (plural θεωρήματα)

1. (mathematics) theorem

   Coordinate term: εικασία (eikasía)

   Το θεώρημα του Πυθαγόρα ― To theórima tou Pythagóra ― The theorem of Pythagoras

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	θεώρημα (theórima)	θεωρήματα (theorímata)
genitive	θεωρήματος (theorímatos)	θεωρημάτων (theorimáton)
accusative	θεώρημα (theórima)	θεωρήματα (theorímata)
vocative	θεώρημα (theórima)	θεωρήματα (theorímata)

Further reading

• Πυθαγόρειο θεώρημα on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el
• θεώρημα, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language