bibliotheca

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin bibliothēca, from Ancient Greek βιβλιοθήκη (bibliothḗkē, “library”). Equivalent to biblio- +‎ -theca. Doublet of bibliotheque.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˌbɪbli.əˈθiːkə/

Noun

bibliotheca (plural bibliothecas or bibliothecae)

  1. (obsolete) A library.
  • bibliotheca in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Interlingua

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˌbi.bljoˈte.ka/

Noun

bibliotheca (plural bibliothecas)

  1. library

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βιβλιοθήκη (bibliothḗkē, “library”), from βιβλίον (biblíon) +‎ θήκη (thḗkē).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /bi.bli.oˈtʰeː.ka/, [bɪblʲiɔˈt̪ʰeːkä]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /bi.bli.oˈte.ka/, [biblioˈt̪ɛːkä]

Noun

bibliothēca f (genitive bibliothēcae); first declension

  1. a library (room for books or collection of books)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative bibliothēca bibliothēcae
Genitive bibliothēcae bibliothēcārum
Dative bibliothēcae bibliothēcīs
Accusative bibliothēcam bibliothēcās
Ablative bibliothēcā bibliothēcīs
Vocative bibliothēca bibliothēcae

Derived terms

Descendants

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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 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
  • “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)

  1. Obsolete spelling of biblioteca (used in Portugal until September 1911 and in Brazil until the 1940s).
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