zotheca

English

Noun

zotheca (plural zothecae)

1. (historical) In ancient Rome, a small living room, as distinguished from a room for sleeping: an alcove.

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ζωθήκη (zōthḗkē).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /zoːˈtʰeː.ka/, [d̪͡z̪oːˈt̪ʰeːkä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /d͡zoˈte.ka/, [d̪͡z̪oˈt̪ɛːkä]

Noun

zōthēca f (genitive zōthēcae); first declension

1. a private room, chamber, or closet
2. a recess, niche

Declension

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

• zōthēcula

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