LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

acadēmī̆a

acadēmī̆a f (genitive acadēmī̆ae)
Classical[a.ka.deːˈmiː.a]Ecclesiastical[a.ka.deˈmiː.a]

Meaning

  1. academy, academe

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeacadēmī̆aacadēmī̆ae
genitiveacadēmī̆aeacadēmī̆ārum
dativeacadēmī̆aeacadēmī̆īs
accusativeacadēmī̆amacadēmī̆ās
ablativeacadēmī̆āacadēmī̆īs
vocativeacadēmī̆aacadēmī̆ae

ăcădēmī^a, ae, f., = ἀκαδήμεια, and less correctly ἀκαδημία,
I. the Academy, a gymnasium about six stadia from Athens, named after the hero Academos or Echedemos (cf. Plut. Thes. 31), celebrated as the place where Plato taught; whence his scholars were called Academici, and his doctrine Philosophia Academica, in distinction from Stoica, Cynica, etc., Cic. de Or. 1, 21, 98; id. Or. 3, 12; id. Fin. 5, 1, 1 al.—
II. Meton.
A. For The philosophy of the Academy: instaret academia, quae quidquid dixisses, id te ipsum scire negaret, Cic. de Or. 1, 10, 43; id. Off. 3, 4, 20 al.: Academia vetus, id. Ac. 1, 4, 18; id. Fin. 5, 8, 21: recens, id. Leg. 1, 13, 39; cf. recentior, id. de Or. 3, 18, 68; and adulescentior, id. Fam. 9, 8, 1: nova, id. Ac. 1, 12, 46 al.—
B. Cicero, as a partisan of the Academic philosophy, named his estate, on the way from Lake Avernus to Puteoli, Academia; there also he wrote the Academica. He had another Academia at his Tusculan Villa, Cic. Tusc. 2, 3; 3, 3; id. Att. 1, 4, 3 al. (The i long, Cic. Div. 1, 13, 22; Tull. Laurea ap. Plin. 31, 2, 3, § 8; short, Claud. de Cons. Mall. Theod. 94; Sid. 15, 120.)

Origins

From Ancient Greek Ἀκαδήμεια (Akadḗmeia), variant form of Ἀκαδημία (Akadēmía).

Descendants
  • Catalanacadèmia
  • Englishacademia
  • Frenchacadémie
  • Englishacademyfrom French académie
  • GermanAkademiefrom French académie
  • Romanianacademiefrom French académie
  • Italianaccademia
  • Occitanacadèmia
  • Portugueseacademia
  • Spanishacademia

Quick answers

What does acadēmī̆a mean in Latin?
acadēmī̆a, a noun, means “academy, academe”.
What is the genitive of acadēmī̆a?
The genitive singular is acadēmī̆ae. acadēmī̆a is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce acadēmī̆a?
In classical Latin, [a.ka.deːˈmiː.a]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [a.ka.deˈmiː.a].