hypotheca
English
Etymology
Noun
hypotheca (plural hypothecae)
- (microbiology, planktology) The lower or posterior half of the theca of a thecate protist such as a diatom or dinoflagellate
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Translations
lower half of a diatom frustule
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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from the Ancient Greek ὑποθήκη (hupothḗkē, “warning, pledge”), from the verb ὑποτίθημι (hupotíthēmi, “put down, pledge”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /hy.poˈtʰeː.ka/, [hʏpɔˈt̪ʰeːkä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /i.poˈte.ka/, [ipoˈt̪ɛːkä]
Noun
hypothēca f (genitive hypothēcae); first declension
Declension
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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Descendants
- Catalan: hipoteca
- English: hypothec
- French: hypothèque
- German: Hypothek
- Italian: ipoteca
- Portuguese: hipoteca
- Spanish: hipoteca
References
- “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
Portuguese
Noun
hypotheca f (plural s)
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