noun · neuterthird declension
theōrēma
theōrēma n (genitive theōrēmatis)
Classical[tʰe.oːˈreː.ma]Ecclesiastical[te.oˈrɛː.ma]
Meaning
- a theorem, a proposition to be proved
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | theōrēma | theōrēmata theōrēmātēs |
| genitive | theōrēmatis | theōrēmatum |
| dative | theōrēmatī | theōrēmatibus |
| accusative | theōrēma theōrēmātem | theōrēmata theōrēmātēs |
| ablative | theōrēmate | theōrēmatibus |
| vocative | theōrēma | theōrēmata theōrēmātēs |
thĕōrēma, ătis, n., = θεώρημα,
I. a proposition to be proved, a theorem, Gell. 17, 19, 3; Mart. Cap. 3, § 230. — Dat. plur. theorematis, Gell. 1, 2, 6.
Origins
From Ancient Greek θεώρημα (theṓrēma, “speculation, proposition to be proved”) (Euclid), from θεωρέω (theōréō, “to look at, view, consider, examine”), from θεωρός (theōrós, “spectator”), from θέα (théa, “a view”) + ὁράω (horáō, “to see, look”).
Descendants
- Catalanteorema
- Frenchthéorème
- Romanianteoremăfrom French théorème
- Italianteorema
- Portugueseteorema
- Spanishteorema
- Turkishteoremfrom French théorème
- Galicianteorema
In English words that came into English from theōrēma
- theoremtheōrēma