noun · femininefirst declension
apothēca
apothēca f (genitive apothēcae)
Classical[a.pɔˈtʰeː.ka]Ecclesiastical[a.poˈtɛː.ka]
Meaning
- repository, storehouse, warehouse
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | apothēca | apothēcae |
| genitive | apothēcae | apothēcārum |
| dative | apothēcae | apothēcīs |
| accusative | apothēcam | apothēcās |
| ablative | apothēcā | apothēcīs |
| vocative | apothēca | apothēcae |
ăpŏthēca, ae, f., = ἀποθήκη [corrupted in Ital. to bottega, in Fr. to boutique, and in Germ. to Bude = booth, shop],
I. a place where things are put away, laid up, a repository, storehouse, magazine, warehouse, etc., Cic. Phil. 2, 27, so id. Vatin. 5; Dig. 33, 7, 12; esp. for wine, a store-room (not wine-cellar, since the ancients kept their wine in the upper part of the house), * Hor. S. 2, 5, 7; Plin. 14, 14, 16, § 49; 14, 4, 6, § 57; Dig. 47, 2, 21, Arn. 7, p. 236;
also for oil: apothecae olei, Vulg. 1 Par. 27, 28; for corn: apothecae frumenti, ib. 2 Par. 32, 28; ib. Joel, 1, 17; for armor, equipments: omnes apothecas supellectilis suae, ib. Isa. 39, 2.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
apothēca ae, f
, ἀποτηήκη, a repository, storehouse, magazine, warehouse, C.; esp. for wine, H.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂epó
- Proto-Hellenic*apó
- Ancient Greek ᾰ̓πό(ăpó)
- Ancient Greek ᾰ̓πο-(ăpo-)
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰédʰeh₁ti
- Ancient Greek τίθημι(títhēmi)
- Latinapothēca
Ancient Greek ἀποτίθημι (apotíthēmi)der. Ancient Greek ἀποθήκη (apothḗkē)bor. Latin apotheca Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀποθήκη (apothḗkē), from ἀποτίθημι (apotíthēmi), from ᾰ̓πο- (ăpo-) + τίθημι (títhēmi).
Southern Gallo-Romance
- Catalanbotiga
- Occitanbotigafrom Old Occitan botica
- Occitanboticafrom Old Occitan botica
- Occitanbotiafrom Old Occitan botica
- Frenchboutiquefrom Old Occitan botica
- GermanBoutiquefrom Old Occitan botica
- GermanBudikefrom Old Occitan botica
- GermanButikefrom Old Occitan botica
- GermanButikfrom Old Occitan botica
- Normanboutiquefrom Old Occitan botica
Elsewhere
- GermanApotheke
- Italianapoteca
- GermanBottichfrom Old High German botega
- Spanishboticafrom Old Spanish botica
- Romanianapotecă
- Spanishapoteca
- Alemannic GermanAbodég
- Faroeseapotekfrom Danish apotek
- Hungarianapotéka
- Icelandicapótek
Insular Romance
- Sardinianbuteca
- Sardinianbutega
- Sardinianbutrea
Ibero-Romance
- Portugueseadegafrom Old Galician-Portuguese *abodega
- Portuguesebodega
- Spanishbodegafrom Old Spanish bodega
- Centralboticafrom Aragonese botiga
- Galicianadegafrom Old Galician-Portuguese *abodega
- Galicianbodega
- Asturianbodegafrom Old Leonese bodega
- Asturianbuegafrom Old Leonese bodega
- Extremaduranboticafrom Old Leonese bodega
Italo-Dalmatian
- Italianbottega
- Corsicanbutteca
- Dalmatianbotaiga
- Istriotbotéga
- Neapolitanputeca
- Neapolitanputega
- Neapolitanputeja
- Sicilianputiga
- Sicilianputìa
- Cimbrianbotéegafrom Venetan botéga
Rhaeto-Romance
- Friulianbuteghe
- Ladinbutëiga
- Romanshbutia
- Romanshbuteia
Gallo-Italic
- Emilianbütega
- Emilianbutiga
- Emilianbutaja
- Ligurianbutega
- Lombardbutiga
- Lombardbutega
- Lombardboteia
- Lombardbotia
- Piedmonteseboteja
- Piedmontesebuteja
Northern Gallo-Romance
- Piedmontbouteyafrom Franco-Provençal bouteca
- Valdôtainbuteafrom Franco-Provençal bouteca
Middle Low German
- Dutch Low Saxonapoteek
- Dutch Low Saxonapotheek
- German Low GermanApteek
- German Low GermanAfteek
- Estonianapteek
- North Frisianapteek