theatrum

Latin

theātrum Pamphȳliae (theater in Pamphylia)

Alternative forms

teātrum (medieval)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek θέατρον (théatron, “a place for viewing”), from θεάομαι (theáomai, “to see, to watch, to observe”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /tʰeˈaː.trum/, [t̪ʰeˈäːt̪rʊ̃ˑ]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /teˈa.trum/, [t̪eˈäːt̪rum]
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Noun

theātrum n (genitive theātrī); second declension

A theatre or theater, playhouse; stage.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	theātrum	theātra
Genitive	theātrī	theātrōrum
Dative	theātrō	theātrīs
Accusative	theātrum	theātra
Ablative	theātrō	theātrīs
Vocative	theātrum	theātra

Derived terms

theātrālis

Related terms

amphitheātrum
theātricus

Descendants

Asturian: teatru
Catalan: teatre
Corsican: teatru
French: théâtre
- → German: Theater
  - → Silesian: tyjater
  - → Swedish: teater
    - → Finnish: teatteri
- → Persian: تئاتر‎
- → Romanian: teatru
- → Russian: театр (teatr), теа́тръ (teátr)
  - → Azerbaijani:
    Cyrillic: театр
    Latin: teatr
  - → Bashkir: театр (teatr)
  - → Buryat: театр (tjeatr)
  - → Evenki: театр (teatr)
  - → Kalmyk: театр (teatr)
  - → Kazakh:
    Arabic: تەاتر‎
    Cyrillic: театр (teatr)
    Latin: teatr
  - → Khakas: театр (teatr)
  - → Kyrgyz: театр (teatr)
  - → Livvi: teatru (nominative, stem teatr-)
  - → Mongolian:
    Cyrillic: театр (teatr)
    Mongolian: ᠲᠢᠶᠠᠲ᠋ᠷ (tiyatr)
  - → Southern Altai: театр (teatr)
  - → Tajik: театр (teatr)
  - → Tatar: театр (teatr)
  - → Tuvan: театр (teatr)
  - → Uyghur:
    Cyrillic: театр (tëatr)
    Arabic: تىياتىر‎ (tiyatir)
  - ⇒ Uyghur:
    Cyrillic: театрхана (tëatrxana)
    Arabic: تىياتىرخانا‎ (tiyatirxana)
  - → Uzbek:
    Cyrillic: театр (teatr)
    Latin: teatr
  - → Yakut: театр (teatr), тыйаатыр (tıyaatır), тийээтир (tiyeetir)
Galician: teatro
Istriot: taiatro
Italian: teatro
- → Turkish: tiyatro
→ Old French: teatre, theatre
- → Dutch: theater
  - Afrikaans: teater
  - → Caribbean Javanese: téater
  - → Indonesian: teater
- → Middle English: theater, theatre, teatre, theatyr, theatere
  - English: theater, theatre
  - Scots: theatre
- → Limburgish: teater
Portuguese: teatro
- → Konkani: तियात्र
  - → English: tiatr
Polish: teatr
Sicilian: tiatru
- → Maltese: teatru
Spanish: teatro

References

“theatrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“theatrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
theatrum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
theatrum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
- the playhouse: theatrum
“theatrum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
“theatrum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin