apologia

See also: apología

English
WOTD – 26 February 2012

Pronunciation
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌæp.əˈloʊ.dʒi.ə/

Noun

apologia (plural apologias)

  1. A written defense of a position or belief.
    • Although I've enumerated some of the academic traditions and debates that have animated this book, it is not my purpose to offer a full apologia in these brief pages. - 1999 Preface from "Gender Trouble" by Judith Butler

Synonyms

Translations
apology — see apology

Finnish

Noun

apologia

  1. apologia

Declension
Inflection of apologia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative apologia apologiat
genitive apologian apologioiden
apologioitten
partitive apologiaa apologioita
illative apologiaan apologioihin
singular plural
nominative apologia apologiat
accusative nom. apologia apologiat
gen. apologian
genitive apologian apologioiden
apologioitten
apologiainrare
partitive apologiaa apologioita
inessive apologiassa apologioissa
elative apologiasta apologioista
illative apologiaan apologioihin
adessive apologialla apologioilla
ablative apologialta apologioilta
allative apologialle apologioille
essive apologiana apologioina
translative apologiaksi apologioiksi
instructive — apologioin
abessive apologiatta apologioitta
comitative — apologioineen

Italian

Etymology

Ancient Greek +‎ -logia

Noun

apologia f (plural apologie)

  1. apology, apologia

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀπολογία (apologíā, "a speech made in defense of something").

Noun

apologia f (genitive apologiae); first declension

  1. a defense, apology

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative apologia apologiae
Genitive apologiae apologiārum
Dative apologiae apologiīs
Accusative apologiam apologiās
Ablative apologiā apologiīs
Vocative apologia apologiae

References
  1. apologia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Portuguese

Noun

apologia f (plural apologias)

  1. apology (formal justification, defence)
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