apotheke

See also: Apotheke

English

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ποθήκη (apothḗkē). Doublet of bodega and boutique.

Noun

apotheke (plural apothekes)

1. A Greek storeroom or warehouse.
   • 1941, David Moore Robinson, Excavations at Olynthus: Metal and Minor Miscellaneous Finds, an Original Contribution to Greek Life (with a New Up-to-Date Map of Olynthus), Johns Hopkins University Press, page 94:

     The absence of earrings from the pre-Persian apothekes and the fact that only one was found on the South Hill indicate that earrings were infrequently used in archaic times at Olynthus.

   • 1953, The Journal of Hellenic Studies, volume 73, page 3:

     Three hitherto unknown figures and other fragments from the Nike Balustrade found in the apothekes of the Museum are being published by I. Meliades.

   • 1981, Elizabeth Bayard French, K. A. Wardle, editors, Well Built Mycenae: Ground Stone: Stone Vases and Other Objects, Aris & Phillips, →ISBN, page 6:

     […] (Treasury of Atreus, LH IIIA2: BSA 25, 356; Tomb of Clytemnestra, LH IIIA2/B1: BSA 25, 367; Heraion Tholos, LH II: BSA 25 , 336; several from the House of Shields, mid LH IIIB, Nauplion Museum apothekes).

   • 1994, Eric H. Cline, Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea: International Trade and the Late Bronze Age Aegean, Tempus Reparatum, →ISBN, pages 79 and 97:

     […] that future researchers will discover in retrospect that numerous Italian imports remain to be identified in apothekes throughout the Aegean area. […] Canaanite jars are lying unrecognized in the storerooms and apothekes of excavations around the Aegean.

   • 1999, Archaeological Reports, number 46, Council of the Society, page 147, column 1:

     Sites that remain to be mapped include: Ioannimiti (IM15: large R settlement that extends 100-150 E along the beach toward Priniatikos Pyrgos, and an Ott port and possible small village with carob apothekes and a small harbour facility); […]

   • 2001, Michael Lindblom, Marks and Makers: Appearance, Distribution and Function of Middle and Late Helladic Manufacturers’ Marks on Aeginetan Pottery (Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology; CXXVIII), Paul Åströms förlag, →ISBN, page 9:

     During studies in apothekes and libraries, I have come to meet many new friends and colleagues, a part of the work that is just as important as the results from a personal point of view.

   • 2004, Barbara J. Hayden, Reports on the Vrokastro Area, Eastern Crete (University Museum Monograph 119), volume 2 (The Settlement History of the Vrokastro Area and Related Studies), Philadelphia, Pa.: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, →ISBN, pages 4 and 22:

     Even in the early 20th century only a few buildings, primarily stone-built warehouses or apothekes and a cafenion, existed at Pacheia Ammos, so there was little settlement flanking this coastal route to the east of Kalo Chorio in the 18th and 19th centuries. […] The medieval to modern ‘landing-place’ at Katevati, just meters east of the mouth of the Istron, at present consists of a small concrete wharf at the base of ruined carob apothekes and a small chapel.

   • 2016 November 23, Thanassis Papadopoulos, “Prologue”, in Constantinos Paschalidis, The Mycenaean Cemetery at Achaia Clauss near Patras: People, Material Remains and Culture in Context, Oxford, Oxon: Archaeopress, published 2018, →ISBN, page xx:

     […] Kostas showed to the full his abilities, energy, zeal and devotion, as well as responsibility and creativity of thought – thus he succeeded in getting the best result out of whatever work he was undertaking, both in the field and in the museum apothekes.

   • 2017, Barbara Bohen, “Acknowledgements”, in Kratos & Krater: Reconstructing an Athenian Protohistory, Oxford, Oxon: Archaeopress, →ISBN, page xiii:

     They granted me access to material in their possession and catered to my need for venues, research materials and photographs in various Greek apothekes and museums.

Etymology 2

From German Apotheke. Doublet of bodega and boutique.

Noun

apotheke (plural apothekes)

1. A European, especially German, pharmacy.
   • 1800, W[illiam] Tooke, “Sketch of Mosco”, in History of Russia, from the Foundation of the Monarchy by Rurik, to the Accession of Catharine the Second. […], volume II, London: […] A[ndrew] Strahan, […], for T[homas] N[orton] Longman and O[wen] Rees, […], pages 384 (chapter III) and 387 (chapter IV):

     The other ſtructures are: the foundling-houſe, the grammar-ſchool, the poſt-office, the ſalt-magazine, the archives, the aſſignation-bank, the artillery-court, the printing-office of the ſenate, the chief apotheke, the mint, &c. […] The botanic or apothecary-garden, belonging to the imperial apotheke, is kept in an excellent ſtate. This apotheke is appointed to ſupply all the inferior apothekes of the lazarets of the empire with drugs and medicines.

   • 1895 March 30, The Chemist and Druggist, volume XLVI, number 780, London, page 446, column 2:

     It should not be understood from this that infusions are less used in Germany and Switzerland than in England. The opposite is the case, and there are few apothekes in which infusions are not always on the hob. The Pharmocopœias give one general formula.—Ed. C. & D.

   • 1899, The Pharmaceutical Era, volume 21, page 722, column 2:

     This pharmacy and the storerooms are large and commodious, and the drugs and chemicals are arranged in the methodical classified style familiar in German apothekes.

   • 1907, The Pharmaceutical Era, volume 37, page 131, column 1:

     There is a remarkable similarity in the appearance of all apothekes in all of Europe. I have seen them in Greece, Sicily, Italy, Austro-Hungary, Switzerland, all the German States, Belgium, Holland, Denmark, Sweden and Norway, and equipment and arrangement is everywhere very similar.

   • 1910, Chemist and Druggist: The Newsweekly for Pharmacy, volume 77, page 174:

     Several other important apothekes would have been worth a visit had time permitted, and among them I may enumerate: Drs. A. Becheraz, Armin Kaisers, Julius Thomann, and Ducommun, Messrs. K. Dant, F. Gaudard, Lengacher, A. Lindt, Otto Jaggis, A. Moser Kunchel, Fritz Pulver, Vikt. Scholler, Walter Steck, Ad. Vatter, and Haaf & Cie.

   • 1934, American Druggist, volume 89, page 72, column 1:

     Thus the “Fighting League” was proclaimed by the party itself to be a purely private organization. Such a proclamation made an end of all “gleichschaltung” attempts, and resulted, at least temporarily, in saving Jewish apothekes and druggists from being deprived of their sources of income. […] While Jewish physicians who were not “front fighters” are no longer permitted to attend members of the various insurance companies’ sick leagues, and thus have found their practice almost destroyed because almost everybody in Germany is either insured or has the cost of his medical treatment defrayed by some one or another of the state’s welfare organizations, nevertheless Jewish apothekes are still permitted to cater to insurance companies and their clients.

   • 1950, Pharmacy International, volume 4, page 39, column 1:

     The economic status of the apotheke (pharmacy) is due for revision in the new state of Western Germany. In 1948 a United States military government measure directed the Germans in the U. S. Zone to end their age-old system of licensing businesses. It is now possible for any qualified pharmacist to establish an apotheke at any location, provided he fulfills the requirements as to inventory and dispensing facilities. The directive is in sharp contrast to the German concessionary system, under which each apotheke served an exclusive area. The West German apotheke association, which is drafting legislation proposals, recognizes an obligation to create more opportunity for the large number of refugee pharmacists who have fled the Soviet Zone. The apotheke at present serves an average of 10,000 to 12,000 inhabitants. The association feels this ratio could be cut to 7,000 inhabitants, and that the 4,000 apothekes in the U. S.-British Zones could be raised to 5,000.

   • 1990, Swiss Scene, IBO Verlag, page 70, column 3:

     Baking soda and cream of tartar, available at apothekes, drug stores.