"Utopia" meaning in Latin

See Utopia in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: [uːˈtɔ.pi.a] [Classical-Latin], [uˈtɔː.pi.a] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek οὐ (ou) Ancient Greek τόπος (tópos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Latin Ūtopia Coined by Thomas More in 1516 in his book Utopia, from Ancient Greek οὐ (ou, “not”) + Ancient Greek τόπος (tópos, “place, region”) + Ancient Greek -ία (-ía). Etymology templates: {{etymon|la|:af|grc:οὐ|grc:τόπος|grc:-ῐ́ᾱ|title=Ūtopia|tree=1}} Etymology tree Ancient Greek οὐ (ou) Ancient Greek τόπος (tópos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Latin Ūtopia [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Hellenic", "term" : "*-íā", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "grk-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "-ῐ́ᾱ", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "Ūtopia", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }" data-lang="la" data-title="Ūtopia">, {{coin|la|Thomas More|in=1516|nobycat=1}} Coined by Thomas More in 1516, {{af|la|grc:οὐ|grc:τόπος|grc:-ία|t1=not|t2=place, region}} Ancient Greek οὐ (ou, “not”) + Ancient Greek τόπος (tópos, “place, region”) + Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Head templates: {{la-proper noun|Ūtopia<1.loc>}} Ūtopia f sg (genitive Ūtopiae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|Ūtopia<1.loc>}} Forms: Ūtopia [canonical, feminine, singular], Ūtopiae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], Ūtopia [nominative, singular], Ūtopiae [genitive, singular], Ūtopiae [dative, singular], Ūtopiam [accusative, singular], Ūtopiā [ablative, singular], Ūtopia [singular, vocative], Ūtopiae [locative, singular]
  1. a fictional island, possessing a seemingly perfect socio-politico-legal system Tags: declension-1
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