hypotheca

hypotheca

English

Etymology

    From hypo- + theca.

    Noun

    hypotheca (plural hypothecae)

    1. (microbiology, planktology) The lower or posterior half of the theca of a thecate protist such as a diatom or dinoflagellate

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    Latin

    Etymology

    Borrowed from the Ancient Greek ὑποθήκη (hupothḗkē, warning, pledge), from the verb ὑποτίθημι (hupotíthēmi, put down, pledge).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    hypothēca f (genitive hypothēcae); first declension

    1. (law) A pledge given as surety for a loan.

    Declension

    First-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative hypothēca hypothēcae
    genitive hypothēcae hypothēcārum
    dative hypothēcae hypothēcīs
    accusative hypothēcam hypothēcās
    ablative hypothēcā hypothēcīs
    vocative hypothēca hypothēcae

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    • hypothēcārius

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    References

    • hypotheca”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • "hypotheca", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, 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 hypothecas)

    1. pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of hipoteca