entheca

Latin

Alternative forms

• entica
• hentica

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek ἐνθήκη (enthḗkē).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /enˈtʰeː.ka/, [ɛn̪ˈt̪ʰeːkä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /enˈte.ka/, [en̪ˈt̪ɛːkä]

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 noun.

	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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 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, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 375/1