theologia

Latin

Etymology

From Koine Greek θεολογία (theología), from θεολόγος (theológos, adjective), from θεό- (theó-, “god”), combining form of θεός (theós), + -λογία (-logía, “-logy”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /tʰe.oˈlo.ɡi.a/, [t̪ʰeɔˈɫ̪ɔɡiä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /te.oˈlo.d͡ʒi.a/, [t̪eoˈlɔːd͡ʒiä]

Noun

theologia f (genitive theologiae); first declension

1. theology (reasoning about gods)

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	theologia	theologiae
genitive	theologiae	theologiārum
dative	theologiae	theologiīs
accusative	theologiam	theologiās
ablative	theologiā	theologiīs
vocative	theologia	theologiae

Descendants

• Asturian: teoloxía
• Catalan: teologia
• Galician: teoloxía
• → German: Theologie
• Italian: teologia
• Old French: theologie
  • Middle French: theologie
    • French: théologie
    • → Middle English: theologie
      • English: theology
• Portuguese: teologia
• Romanian: teologie
• Spanish: teología

References

• “theologia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• theologia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.