entheca

Latin

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek ἐνθήκη (enthḗkē).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /enˈtʰeː.ka/, [ɛnˈtʰeː.ka]

Noun

enthēca f (genitive enthēcae); first declension

  1. (law) a predial appurtenance (such as an annexed storehouse)
  2. a public granary, a store, a warehouse, a magazine, a depot
    1. farming equipment, farm supplies
  3. a reserve of money, a treasury, a hoard, a fund, savings, cash
    1. (Medieval Latin) a chest, a trunk, a coffer, a box
    2. (Medieval Latin) a travelling bag, a suitcase, a trunk

Declension

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative enthēca enthēcae
genitive enthēcae enthēcārum
dative enthēcae enthēcīs
accusative enthēcam enthēcās
ablative enthēcā enthēcīs
vocative enthēca enthēcae

Derived terms

  • enthēcārius
  • enthēcātus
  • enthēcō

References

  • enthēca in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • entheca in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • enthēca in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 591/1
  • “enthēca” on page 609/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
  • Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “entheca”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus (in Latin), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 375/1
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