bibliotheca
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin bibliothēca, from Ancient Greek βιβλιοθήκη (bibliothḗkē, “library”). See bibliotheke.
Noun
bibliotheca (plural bibliothecas or bibliothecae)
- (obsolete) A library.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for bibliotheca in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Ancient Greek βιβλιοθήκη (bibliothḗkē, “library”), from βιβλίον (biblíon) + θήκη (thḗkē).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /bi.bli.oˈtʰeː.ka/
Noun
bibliothēca f (genitive bibliothēcae); first declension
- a library (room for books or collection of books)
Declension
First declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | bibliothēca | bibliothēcae |
| Genitive | bibliothēcae | bibliothēcārum |
| Dative | bibliothēcae | bibliothēcīs |
| Accusative | bibliothēcam | bibliothēcās |
| Ablative | bibliothēcā | bibliothēcīs |
| Vocative | bibliothēca | bibliothēcae |
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Albanian: bibliotekë
- → Asturian: biblioteca
- → Catalan: biblioteca
- → English: bibliotheca, bibliotheke
- → French: bibliothèque
- → Danish: bibliotek
- → Dutch: bibliotheek
- Afrikaans: biblioteek
- → Norwegian: bibliotek
- → Swedish: bibliotek
- → Galician: biblioteca
- → German: Bibliothek
- → Italian: biblioteca
- → Norman: bibliothèque
- → Occitan: bibliotèca
- → Old Spanish:
- Ladino: biblioteka
- Spanish: biblioteca
- → Portuguese: biblioteca
- → Romanian: bibliotecă
References
- bibliotheca in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- bibliotheca in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- bibliotheca in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- bibliotheca in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to bury oneself in one's library: se abdere in bibliothecam suam
- to bury oneself in one's library: se abdere in bibliothecam suam
- bibliotheca in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- bibliotheca in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- bibliotheca in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Portuguese
Noun
bibliotheca f (plural bibliothecas)
- Obsolete spelling of biblioteca (used in Portugal until September 1911 and died out in Brazil during the 1920s).
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