theorema
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin theōrēma, from Ancient Greek θεώρημα (theṓrēma).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌteː.oːˈreː.maː/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: the‧o‧re‧ma
Noun
theorema n (plural theorema's, diminutive theoremaatje n)
- theorem
Synonyms
- stelling
Descendants
- → Indonesian: téorèma
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek θεώρημα (theṓrēma, “speculation, proposition to be proved”) (Euclid), from θεωρέω (theōréō, “I look at, view, consider, examine”), from θεωρός (theōrós, “spectator”), from θέα (théa, “a view”) + ὁράω (horáō, “I see, look”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /tʰe.oːˈreː.ma/, [t̪ʰeoːˈreːmä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /te.oˈre.ma/, [t̪eoˈrɛːmä]
Noun
theōrēma n (genitive theōrēmatis); third declension
- a theorem, a proposition to be proved
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | theōrēma | theōrēmata |
| Genitive | theōrēmatis | theōrēmatum |
| Dative | theōrēmatī | theōrēmatīs |
| Accusative | theōrēma | theōrēmata |
| Ablative | theōrēmate | theōrēmatīs |
| Vocative | theōrēma | theōrēmata |
Derived terms
- praeclārum theōrēma
- Theorema Egregium
- theōrēma Pythagorae (Latin Wikipedia page; Pythagorean theorem)
- theōrēmation n (“a little theorem”)
References
- “theorema”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- theorema in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette