theoreticus

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Noun

theoreticus m (plural theoretici or theoreticussen, diminutive theoreticusje n)

1. theorist

Derived terms

• complottheoreticus
• snaartheoreticus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek θεωρητικός (theōrētikós).

Adjective

theōrēticus (feminine theōrētica, neuter theōrēticum); first/second-declension adjective

1. contemplative, speculative

   Synonyms: contemplātīvus, theōrīcus

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	theōrēticus	theōrētica	theōrēticum		theōrēticī	theōrēticae	theōrētica
Genitive	theōrēticī	theōrēticae	theōrēticī		theōrēticōrum	theōrēticārum	theōrēticōrum
Dative	theōrēticō		theōrēticō		theōrēticīs
Accusative	theōrēticum	theōrēticam	theōrēticum		theōrēticōs	theōrēticās	theōrētica
Ablative	theōrēticō	theōrēticā	theōrēticō		theōrēticīs
Vocative	theōrētice	theōrētica	theōrēticum		theōrēticī	theōrēticae	theōrētica

Descendants

Descendants

• → Czech: teoretik
• → Danish: teoretisk
• → Dutch: theoreticus
• → English: theoretic, theoretical
• → French: théorétique (learned)
• → Hungarian: teoretikus
• → Norwegian Bokmål: teoretisk
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: teoretisk
• → Russian: теоре́тик (teorétik)
• → Serbo-Croatian: teorètik
• → Slovak: teoretik
• → Slovene: teorẹ́tik
• → Swedish: teoretisk
• → Ukrainian: теоре́тик (teorétyk)

References

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