topia

See also: topią and -topia

English

Etymology 1

From Latin topia, from Ancient Greek τόπια (tópia), ultimately from Ancient Greek τόπος (tópos, “place”).

Noun

topia

1. (historical) A kind of mural decoration common in Ancient Roman houses, usually featuring landscapes.

Related terms

• topiary

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek τόπος (tópos, “place, region”) + -ία (-ía), by analogy with utopia. Compare also French topie.

Noun

topia (plural topias)

1. (postmodern philosophy) The lived physical place, in opposition to the ideal of a utopia.

   Coordinate terms: utopia, heterotopia

Anagrams

• Tai Po, taipo, patio

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.