"thema" meaning in Latin

See thema in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈtʰɛ.ma] [Classical-Latin], [ˈtɛː.ma] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Ancient Greek θέμα (théma). Etymology templates: {{bor|la|grc|θέμα}} Ancient Greek θέμα (théma) Head templates: {{la-noun|thema<3>}} thema n (genitive thematis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|thema<3>}} Forms: thematis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], thema [nominative, singular], themata [nominative, plural], thematis [genitive, singular], thematum [genitive, plural], thematī [dative, singular], thematibus [dative, plural], thema [accusative, singular], themata [accusative, plural], themate [ablative, singular], thematibus [ablative, plural], thema [singular, vocative], themata [plural, vocative]
  1. theme, topic Tags: declension-3, neuter
    Sense id: en-thema-la-noun-PMmVjvIG Categories (other): Latin neuter nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin neuter nouns in the third declension: 50 50
  2. the alignment of celestial bodies at a person's birth, horoscope Tags: declension-3, neuter
    Sense id: en-thema-la-noun-ByRgG-kp Categories (other): Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin neuter nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 2 3 7 43 8 37 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 2 4 43 5 45 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 30 70 Disambiguation of Latin neuter nouns in the third declension: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: Themis

Inflected forms

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    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "theme"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Hunsrik",
          "lang_code": "hrx",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "Tema"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "lang_code": "ja",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "roman": "tēma",
          "word": "テーマ"
        },
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Georgian",
              "lang_code": "ka",
              "raw_tags": [
                "borrowed"
              ],
              "roman": "tema",
              "word": "თემა"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Uyghur",
              "lang_code": "ug",
              "raw_tags": [
                "borrowed"
              ],
              "roman": "tëma",
              "word": "تېما"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Uzbek",
              "lang_code": "uz",
              "raw_tags": [
                "borrowed"
              ],
              "word": "tema"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Russian",
          "lang_code": "ru",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "roman": "téma",
          "word": "те́ма"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "lang_code": "eo",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "temo"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "Thema"
    },
    {
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "thème"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "tema"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "thema"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "raw_tags": [
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        "learned"
      ],
      "word": "temat"
    },
    {
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      "lang_code": "pt",
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        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "teima"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "tema"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "temă"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "tema"
    }
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        "2": "grc",
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      },
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      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Ancient Greek θέμα (théma).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "thematis",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "thema",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "themata",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "thematis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "thematum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "thematī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "thematibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "thema",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "themata",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "themate",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "thematibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "thema",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "themata",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "thema<3>"
      },
      "expansion": "thema n (genitive thematis); third declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "thema<3>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Themis"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin neuter nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        "theme, topic"
      ],
      "id": "en-thema-la-noun-PMmVjvIG",
      "links": [
        [
          "theme",
          "theme"
        ],
        [
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          "topic"
        ]
      ],
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      ]
    },
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        },
        {
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          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "_dis": "30 70",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
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        },
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          "_dis": "50 50",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the alignment of celestial bodies at a person's birth, horoscope"
      ],
      "id": "en-thema-la-noun-ByRgG-kp",
      "links": [
        [
          "alignment",
          "alignment"
        ],
        [
          "celestial bodies",
          "celestial body"
        ],
        [
          "birth",
          "birth"
        ],
        [
          "horoscope",
          "horoscope"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈtʰɛ.ma]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈtɛː.ma]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "thema"
}
{
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    "Latin 2-syllable words",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin neuter nouns",
    "Latin neuter nouns in the third declension",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin terms borrowed from Ancient Greek",
    "Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Latin third declension nouns",
    "Pages with 6 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "theme"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Hunsrik",
          "lang_code": "hrx",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "Tema"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "lang_code": "ja",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "roman": "tēma",
          "word": "テーマ"
        },
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Georgian",
              "lang_code": "ka",
              "raw_tags": [
                "borrowed"
              ],
              "roman": "tema",
              "word": "თემა"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Uyghur",
              "lang_code": "ug",
              "raw_tags": [
                "borrowed"
              ],
              "roman": "tëma",
              "word": "تېما"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Uzbek",
              "lang_code": "uz",
              "raw_tags": [
                "borrowed"
              ],
              "word": "tema"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Russian",
          "lang_code": "ru",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "roman": "téma",
          "word": "те́ма"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "lang_code": "eo",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "temo"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "Thema"
    },
    {
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "thème"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "tema"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "thema"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Polish",
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        "learned"
      ],
      "word": "temat"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "teima"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "tema"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "temă"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "tema"
    }
  ],
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      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek θέμα (théma)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Ancient Greek θέμα (théma).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "thematis",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "thema",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "themata",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "thematis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "thematum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "thematī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "thematibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "thema",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "themata",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "themate",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "thematibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "thema",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "themata",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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    }
  ],
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    {
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        "1": "thema<3>"
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  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "word": "Themis"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "theme, topic"
      ],
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          "theme",
          "theme"
        ],
        [
          "topic",
          "topic"
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      ]
    },
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        "the alignment of celestial bodies at a person's birth, horoscope"
      ],
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          "alignment",
          "alignment"
        ],
        [
          "celestial bodies",
          "celestial body"
        ],
        [
          "birth",
          "birth"
        ],
        [
          "horoscope",
          "horoscope"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "[ˈtʰɛ.ma]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈtɛː.ma]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "thema"
}

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