zotheca
English edit
Noun edit
zotheca (plural zothecae)
- (historical) In ancient Rome, a small living room, as distinguished from a room for sleeping: an alcove.
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek ζωθήκη (zōthḗkē).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /zoːˈtʰeː.ka/, [d̪͡z̪oːˈt̪ʰeːkä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /d͡zoˈte.ka/, [d̪͡z̪oˈt̪ɛːkä]
Noun edit
zōthēca f (genitive zōthēcae); first declension
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | zōthēca | zōthēcae |
| Genitive | zōthēcae | zōthēcārum |
| Dative | zōthēcae | zōthēcīs |
| Accusative | zōthēcam | zōthēcās |
| Ablative | zōthēcā | zōthēcīs |
| Vocative | zōthēca | zōthēcae |
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “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