topia
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Latin topia, from Ancient Greek τόπια (tópia), ultimately from Ancient Greek τόπος (tópos, “place”).
Noun edit
topia
- (historical) A kind of mural decoration common in Ancient Roman houses, usually featuring landscapes.
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Ancient Greek τόπος (tópos, “place, region”) + -ία (-ía), by analogy with utopia. Compare also French topie.
Noun edit
topia (plural topias)
- (postmodern philosophy) The lived physical place, in opposition to the ideal of a utopia.
- Coordinate terms: utopia, heterotopia
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈto.pi.a/, [ˈt̪ɔpiä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈto.pi.a/, [ˈt̪ɔːpiä]
Noun edit
topia n pl (genitive topiōrum); second declension
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter), plural only.
| Case | Plural |
|---|---|
| Nominative | topia |
| Genitive | topiōrum |
| Dative | topiīs |
| Accusative | topia |
| Ablative | topiīs |
| Vocative | topia |
References edit
- “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.