zotheca

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English

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ζωθήκη (zōthḗkē).

Noun

zotheca (plural zothecae)

  1. (historical) In ancient Rome, a small living room, as distinguished from a room for sleeping: an alcove.

Translations

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ζωθήκη (zōthḗkē).

Pronunciation

Noun

zōthēca f (genitive zōthēcae); first declension

  1. a private room, chamber, or closet
  2. a recess, niche

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative zōthēca zōthēcae
genitive zōthēcae zōthēcārum
dative zōthēcae zōthēcīs
accusative zōthēcam zōthēcās
ablative zōthēcā zōthēcīs
vocative zōthēca zōthēcae

Derived terms

References

  • zotheca”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • zotheca 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)
  • zotheca in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • zotheca”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers