theologia

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [tʰe.ɔˈɫɔ.ɡi.a]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [t̪e.oˈlɔː.d͡ʒi.a]

Noun

theologia f (genitive theologiae); first declension

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.