biographia

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βιογραφία (biographía).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /bi.oˈɡra.pʰi.a/, [biɔˈɡräpʰiä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /bi.oˈɡra.fi.a/, [bioˈɡräːfiä]

Noun

biographia f (genitive biographiae); first declension

1. (New Latin) biography
   • 1692, Acta Eruditorum‎^[1], J. Grossius et J.F. Gletitschius, page 36:

     attamen ſi forte inter scriptores Epiſcoposve nomen Graduatorum illorum aut Incorporatorum non compareat, orbiter brevis eorum biographia illic adnectitur

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   • 1735, Christian Wolff, Philosophia Rationalis sive Logica‎^[2], Dionysus Ramanzinus, page 369:

     Et quoniam notiones atque judicia fundamentalia a poſteriori derivantur ( §. 669.& ſeqq.); ex biographia inventoris judicarce licebit, quaenam eidem a poſteriori innotuerint.

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Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	biographia	biographiae
genitive	biographiae	biographiārum
dative	biographiae	biographiīs
accusative	biographiam	biographiās
ablative	biographiā	biographiīs
vocative	biographia	biographiae

Derived terms

• biographicus

Descendants

• Romance
  • Gallo-Romance
    • French: biographie
  • Ibero-Romance
    • Asturian: biografia
    • Galician: biografía
    • Spanish: biografía
• Germanic
  • English: biography
• Slavic
  • Polish: biografia
• Finno-Ugric
  • Hungarian: biográfia

References

• 1869, Bernardino Biondelli, Glossarium Azteco-Latinum et Latino-Aztecum‎^[3], Valentiner et Mues, page 146: