noun · femininefirst declension
thēca
thēca f (genitive thēcae)
Classical[ˈtʰeː.ka]Ecclesiastical[ˈtɛː.ka]
Meaning
- a case, envelope, sheath
In the readers how our graded readers gloss it
case, sheath
thēca -ae (f) — in De Bello Gallico III
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | thēca | thēcae |
| genitive | thēcae | thēcārum |
| dative | thēcae | thēcīs |
| accusative | thēcam | thēcās |
| ablative | thēcā | thēcīs |
| vocative | thēca | thēcae |
thēca, ae, f., = θήκη,
I. that in which any thing is enclosed, an envelope, hull, cover, case, sheath, etc. (syn. vagina):
grani, Varr. R. R. 1, 48, 1: efferri sine thecis vasa, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 23, § 52; id. Att. 4, 7, 2; Quint. 6, 3, 61: calamaria, Suet. Claud. 35; Mart. 14, 19, 1; Amm. 28, 4, 13.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
thēca ae, f
, τηήκη, an envelope, hull, cover, case, sheath: efferri sine thecis vasa: nummaria.
Origins
Borrowed from Ancient Greek θήκη (thḗkē, “a case, box, receptacle”), from τίθημι (títhēmi, “put, set, place”).
Borrowings
- Englishtheca
- GermanThekefrom Middle Dutch teke
- Frenchthèque
- French-thèque
- Italianteca
- Occitantecafrom Old Occitan teca
- Spanishteca
- Spanishtecla
- Dutchteekfrom Middle Dutch teke
- Irishtiachfrom Old Irish tíag
Balkan Romance
- Romanianteacă
- Aromanianteacã
- Megleno-Romanianteacă
Italo-Romance
- Italiantega
- Neapolitanteche
Gallo-Romance
- Frenchtaiefrom Old French teie
- Bourguignontayefrom Old French teie
- Bourguignontoiefrom Old French teie
- Bourguignontoûefrom Old French teie
- Champenoistoïefrom Old French teie
- Champenoistoyefrom Old French teie
- Champenoistouyefrom Old French teie
- Middle Englishtayfrom Old French teie
- Lorraintayefrom Old French teie
- Lorraintâyefrom Old French teie
North Italian
- Liguriantéiga
- Piedmonteseteja
- Romanshtaja
- Venetantega
Insular Romance
- Campidanesetega
- Logudoresetega
- Nuoreseteca