theorema

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Noun

theorema n (plural theorema's, diminutive theoremaatje n)

1. theorem

Synonyms

• stelling

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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 Latin) IPA^(key): /tʰe.oːˈreː.ma/, [t̪ʰeoːˈreːmä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /te.oˈre.ma/, [t̪eoˈrɛːmä]

Noun

theōrēma n (genitive theōrēmatis); third declension

1. 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.