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hypo- +‎ theca

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hypotheca (plural hypothecae)

  1. (microbiology, planktology) The lower or posterior half of the theca of a thecate protist such as a diatom or dinoflagellate

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Borrowed from the Ancient Greek ὑποθήκη (hupothḗkē, warning, pledge), from the verb ὑποτίθημι (hupotíthēmi, put down, pledge).

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hypothēca f (genitive hypothēcae); first declension

  1. (law) A pledge given as surety for a loan.

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First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative hypothēca hypothēcae
Genitive hypothēcae hypothēcārum
Dative hypothēcae hypothēcīs
Accusative hypothēcam hypothēcās
Ablative hypothēcā hypothēcīs
Vocative hypothēca hypothēcae

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

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hypotheca f (plural hypothecas)

  1. Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1911) of hipoteca.