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English
Etymology
Ultimately from Ancient Greek ζωθήκη (zōthḗkē).
Noun
zotheca (plural zothecae)
- (historical) In ancient Rome, a small living room, as distinguished from a room for sleeping: an alcove.
Translations
A small living room in ancient Rome
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ζωθήκη (zōthḗkē).
Pronunciation
Noun
zōthēca f (genitive zōthēcae); first declension
- a private room, chamber, or closet
- a recess, niche
Declension
First-declension noun.
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