LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

biographia

biographia f (genitive biographiae)
Classical[bi.ɔˈɡra.pʰi.a]Ecclesiastical[bi.oˈɡraː.fi.a]

Meaning

  1. New Latinfemininebiography
    attamen ſi forte inter scriptores Epiſcoposve nomen Graduatorum illorum aut Incorporatorum non compareat, orbiter brevis eorum biographia illic adnectitur1692, Acta Eruditorum, J. Grossius et J.F. Gletitschius, page 36:
    Et quoniam notiones atque judicia fundamentalia a poſteriori derivantur ( §. 669.& ſeqq.); ex biographia inventoris judicarce licebit, quaenam eidem a poſteriori innotuerint.1735, Christian Wolff, Philosophia Rationalis sive Logica, Dionysus Ramanzinus, page 369:

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativebiographiabiographiae
genitivebiographiaebiographiārum
dativebiographiaebiographiīs
accusativebiographiambiographiās
ablativebiographiābiographiīs
vocativebiographiabiographiae

Origins

Derived from Ancient Greek βιογραφίᾱ (biographíā).

Germanic
  • Englishbiography
Slavic
  • Polishbiografia
Finno-Ugric
  • Hungarianbiográfia

In English words that came into English from biographia

  • biographybiographia

Quick answers

What does biographia mean in Latin?
biographia, a noun, means “biography”.
What is the genitive of biographia?
The genitive singular is biographiae. biographia is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce biographia?
In classical Latin, [bi.ɔˈɡra.pʰi.a]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [bi.oˈɡraː.fi.a].