# theatrum
## Latin
### Alternative forms

* teātrum (Medieval Latin)

### Etymology

From Ancient Greek θέατρον (théatron, “a place for viewing”), from θεάομαι (theáomai, “to see, to watch, to observe”).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /tʰeˈaː.trum/, [t̪ʰeˈäːt̪rʊ̃ˑ]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /teˈa.trum/, [t̪eˈäːt̪rum]

### Noun

theātrum n (genitive theātrī); second declension
* A theatre or theater, playhouse; stage.

#### Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
| Nominative | theātrum | theātra |
| Genitive | theātrī | theātrōrum |
| Dative | theātrō | theātrīs |
| Accusative | theātrum | theātra |
| Ablative | theātrō | theātrīs |
| Vocative | theātrum | theātra |

#### Derived terms

* theātrālis

#### Related terms

* amphitheātrum
* theātricus

#### Descendants

* Asturian: teatru
* Catalan: teatre
* Corsican: teatru
* French: théâtre
** → German: Theater
*** → Silesian: tyjater
*** → Swedish: teater
**** → Finnish: teatteri
** → Persian: تئاتر
** → Romanian: teatru
** → Russian: театр (teatr), теа́тръ (teátr) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
*** → Azerbaijani:
    Cyrillic script: театр
    Latin script: teatr
*** → Bashkir: театр (teatr)
*** → Buryat: театр (tjeatr)
*** → Evenki: театр (teatr)
*** → Kalmyk: театр (teatr)
*** → Kazakh:
    Arabic script: تەاتر
    Cyrillic script: театр (teatr)
    Latin script: teatr
*** → Khakas: театр (teatr)
*** → Kyrgyz: театр (teatr)
*** → Livvi: teatru
*** → Mongolian:
    Cyrillic script: театр (teatr)
    Mongolian script: ᠲᠢᠶᠠᠲ᠋ᠷ (tiyatr)
*** → Southern Altai: театр (teatr)
*** → Tajik: театр (teatr)
*** → Tatar: театр (teatr)
*** → Tuvan: театр (teatr)
*** → Uyghur:
    Cyrillic script: театр (tëatr)
    Arabic script: تىياتىر (tiyatir)
*** ⇒ Uyghur:
    Cyrillic script: театрхана (tëatrxana)
    Arabic script: تىياتىرخانا (tiyatirxana)
*** → Uzbek:
    Cyrillic script: театр (teatr)
    Latin script: teatr
*** → Yakut: театр (teatr), тыйаатыр (tıyaatır), тийээтир (tiyeetir)
* Galician: teatro
* Istriot: taiatro
* Italian: teatro
** → Turkish: tiyatro
* → Old French: teatre, theatre
** → Dutch: theater
*** Afrikaans: teater
*** → Caribbean Javanese: téater
*** → Indonesian: teater
** → Middle English: theater, theatre, teatre, theatyr, theatere
*** English: theater, theatre
*** Scots: theatre
** → Limburgish: teater
* Mirandese: triato
* Portuguese: teatro
** → Konkani: तियात्र (tiyātra)
*** → English: tiatr
* Sicilian: tiatru
** → Maltese: teatru
* Spanish: teatro

### References

* “theatrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “theatrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* theatrum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
* theatrum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co. the playhouse: theatrum
* “theatrum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
* “theatrum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin