LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

orthographia

orthographia f (genitive orthographiae)
Classical[ɔr.tʰɔˈɡra.pʰi.a]Ecclesiastical[or.toˈɡraː.fi.a]

Meaning

  1. feminineorthography

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeorthographiaorthographiae
genitiveorthographiaeorthographiārum
dativeorthographiaeorthographiīs
accusativeorthographiamorthographiās
ablativeorthographiāorthographiīs
vocativeorthographiaorthographiae

orthō^grăphĭa, ae, f., = ὀρθογραφία.
I. Orthography (post-Aug.): orthographia, id est formula ratioque scribendi a grammaticis instituta, Suet. Aug. 88; id. Gram. 19; Quint. 1, 4, 17; 1, 7, 11.—
II. In architecture, an elevation, front view of a building, Vitr. 1, 2.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₃er-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₃érdʰeti?
  4. Latinorthographia

Proto-Indo-European *h₃erdʰ-der. Proto-Hellenic *ortʰwós Ancient Greek ὀρθός (orthós) Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Hellenic *-os Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek ὀρθογρᾰ́φος (orthogrắphos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek ὀρθογρᾰφῐ́ᾱ (orthogrăphĭ́ā)bor. Latin orthographia Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὀρθογρᾰφῐ́ᾱ (orthogrăphĭ́ā).

Descendants
  • Frenchorthographie
  • Frenchorthographe
  • GermanOrthographie
  • GermanRechtschreibung
  • Englishorthography
  • Portugueseortografia

In English words that came into English from orthographia

  • orthographyorthographia

Quick answers

What does orthographia mean in Latin?
orthographia, a noun, means “orthography”.
What is the genitive of orthographia?
The genitive singular is orthographiae. orthographia is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce orthographia?
In classical Latin, [ɔr.tʰɔˈɡra.pʰi.a]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [or.toˈɡraː.fi.a].
Where does orthographia come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₃er- → Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- → Proto-Indo-European *h₃érdʰeti? → Latin orthographia.