hypotheca

English

Etymology

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.

Inflection

First declension.

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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  • 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’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 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. Obsolete spelling of hipoteca (used in Portugal until September 1911 and died out in Brazil during the 1920s).
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