theca
English
editEtymology
editFrom New Latin, from Latin thēca, from Ancient Greek θήκη (thḗkē, “a case, box, receptacle”), from τίθημι (títhēmi, “put, set, place”). Doublet of tay.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈθiːkə/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
edittheca (plural thecas or thecae)
- (biology) Any external case or sheath.
- (botany) The pollen-producing organ usually found in pairs and forming an anther.
- (medicine) The twin layers of cells surrounding the basal lamina of an ovarian follicle.
- (microbiology, planktology) The membrane complex enveloping the cells of certain plankton including diatoms and dinoflagellates.
- (marine biology) The calcareous wall of a corallite, the exoskeleton of a coral polyp.
- (Christianity) A case for the corporal cloth used in the Eucharist.
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editFurther reading
edit- “theca”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “theca”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “theca”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Anagrams
editKikuyu
editAlternative forms
editPronunciation
editVerb
edittheca (infinitive gũtheca)
Related terms
edit(Nouns)
- mũthece class 3
References
edit- ^ Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu, p. 360. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
Latin
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Ancient Greek θήκη (thḗkē, “a case, box, receptacle”), from τίθημι (títhēmi, “put, set, place”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈtʰeː.ka/, [ˈt̪ʰeːkä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈte.ka/, [ˈt̪ɛːkä]
Noun
editthēca f (genitive thēcae); first declension
Declension
editFirst-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | thēca | thēcae |
Genitive | thēcae | thēcārum |
Dative | thēcae | thēcīs |
Accusative | thēcam | thēcās |
Ablative | thēcā | thēcīs |
Vocative | thēca | thēcae |
Descendants
edit- Balkan Romance:
- North Italian:
- Italo-Romance:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Insular Romance:
- Borrowings:
- → English: theca
- → Middle Dutch: teke
- → Old Irish: tiach
- Irish: tiach
- → French: thèque, -thèque
- → Hungarian: téka, -téka
- → Italian: teca
- → Polish: -teka
- → Old Occitan: teca
- Occitan: teca
- → Spanish: teca, tecla
- → Walloon: tîke
- → Old Welsh: tuic
- → Proto-West Germanic: *tēkā (see there for further descendants)
See also
editReferences
edit- “theca”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “theca”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- theca 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)
- theca in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “theca”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
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