topia

See also: topią and -topia

English

Noun

topia

1. (historical) A kind of mural decoration common in Ancient Roman houses.

Related terms

• topiary

Anagrams

• patio, taipo

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τόπια (tópia, “artistic representation in which natural or artificial features of a place are used as the medium”), plural of Ancient Greek τόπιον (tópion, “field, landscape”), from τόπος (tópos, “place”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈto.pi.a/, [ˈt̪ɔpiä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈto.pi.a/, [ˈt̪ɔːpiä]

Noun

topia n pl (genitive topiōrum); second declension

1. ornamental gardening, landscape painting

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	topia
Genitive	topiōrum
Dative	topiīs
Accusative	topia
Ablative	topiīs
Vocative	topia

References

• “topia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• topia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.