apotheca

Latin

Etymology

  • Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀποθήκη (apothḗkē), from ἀποτίθημι (apotíthēmi), from ἀπο- (apo-) + τίθημι (títhēmi).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    apothēca f (genitive apothēcae); first declension

    1. repository, storehouse, warehouse

    Declension

    First-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative apothēca apothēcae
    genitive apothēcae apothēcārum
    dative apothēcae apothēcīs
    accusative apothēcam apothēcās
    ablative apothēcā apothēcīs
    vocative apothēca apothēcae

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Insular Romance:
      • Sardinian: buteca, butega, butrea
    • Italo-Dalmatian:
    • Rhaeto-Romance:
    • Gallo-Italic:
    • Northern Gallo-Romance:
      • Franco-Provençal: bouteca, boutca
        Piedmontese: bouteya
        Valdôtain: butea
    • Southern Gallo-Romance:
    • Ibero-Romance:

    Borrowings:

    Unsorted borrowings:

    References

    • apotheca”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • apotheca”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • "apotheca", 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)
    • apotheca”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • apotheca”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • apotheca”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin