LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

prosōpographia

prosōpographia f (genitive prosōpographiae)
Classical[prɔ.soː.pɔˈɡra.pʰi.a]Ecclesiastical[pro.s̬o.poˈɡraː.fi.a]

Meaning

  1. New Latinprosopography (a study of the individuals in a group of people within a specific context and their relationships)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeprosōpographiaprosōpographiae
genitiveprosōpographiaeprosōpographiārum
dativeprosōpographiaeprosōpographiīs
accusativeprosōpographiamprosōpographiās
ablativeprosōpographiāprosōpographiīs
vocativeprosōpographiaprosōpographiae

Origins

Borrowed from Ancient Greek προσωπογρᾰφῐ́ᾱ (prosōpogrăphĭ́ā), from πρόσωπον (prósōpon, “face, person”) + -γρᾰφῐ́ᾱ (-grăphĭ́ā, “writing, drawing”).

Descendants
  • Englishprosopography
  • Frenchprosopographie
  • GermanProsopographie
  • Italianprosopografìa
  • Portugueseprosopografia
  • Spanishprosopografía

In English words that came into English from prosōpographia

  • prosopographyprosōpographia

Quick answers

What does prosōpographia mean in Latin?
prosōpographia, a noun, means “prosopography (a study of the individuals in a group of people within a specific context and their relationships)”.
What is the genitive of prosōpographia?
The genitive singular is prosōpographiae. prosōpographia is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce prosōpographia?
In classical Latin, [prɔ.soː.pɔˈɡra.pʰi.a]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [pro.s̬o.poˈɡraː.fi.a].