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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈθiːkə/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-theca.wav [Southern-England] Forms: thecas [plural], thecae [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰédʰeh₁ti Ancient Greek τίθημι (títhēmi) Ancient Greek θήκη (thḗkē)bor. Latin thēca English theca From New Latin, from Latin thēca, from Ancient Greek θήκη (thḗkē, “a case, box, receptacle”), from τίθημι (títhēmi, “put, set, place”). Doublet of tay. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:uder|la:thēca|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰédʰeh₁ti Ancient Greek τίθημι (títhēmi) Ancient Greek θήκη (thḗkē)bor. Latin thēca English theca [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "to put", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "be putting", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "do", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*dʰeh₁-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*dʰédʰeh₁ti", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "τίθημι", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "θήκη", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "thēca", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "uder" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "theca", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="theca">, {{der|en|la-new|-}} New Latin, {{der|en|la|thēca}} Latin thēca, {{der|en|grc|θήκη||a case, box, receptacle}} Ancient Greek θήκη (thḗkē, “a case, box, receptacle”), {{doublet|en|tay}} Doublet of tay Head templates: {{en-noun|s|thecae}} theca (plural thecas or thecae)
  1. (biology) Any of several external cases or sheaths.
    (biology, botany) The pollen-producing organ usually found in pairs and forming an anther.
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  2. (biology) Any of several external cases or sheaths.
    (biology, medicine) The theca folliculi: the twin layers of cells surrounding the basal lamina of an ovarian follicle.
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  3. (biology) Any of several external cases or sheaths.
    (biology, medicine) The thecal sac: the portion of the dura mater that surrounds the spinal cord and the cauda equina.
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  4. (biology) Any of several external cases or sheaths.
    (biology, microbiology, planktology) The membrane complex enveloping the cells of certain plankton including diatoms and dinoflagellates.
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  5. (biology) Any of several external cases or sheaths.
    (biology, marine biology) The calcareous wall of a corallite, the exoskeleton of a coral polyp.
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  6. (biology) Any of several external cases or sheaths.
    (biology, microbiology, mycology) A sporangium: a spore case.
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  7. (Christianity) A case for the corporal cloth used in the Eucharist.
    Sense id: en-theca-en-noun-en:case_for_cloth_for_Eucharist Categories (other): Christianity, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with etymon, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 15 13 13 9 18 20 11 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 16 13 13 9 17 21 11 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 18 14 13 8 11 21 14 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 16 13 13 8 19 19 12 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 16 13 12 7 21 19 12 Topics: Christianity
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: intrathecally, thecium

Verb [Kikuyu]

IPA: /ðɛːɕa/ Forms: gũtheca [infinitive], theeca [alternative]
Head templates: {{head|ki|verb|infinitive|gũtheca}} theca (infinitive gũtheca)
  1. to pierce, to stab Related terms: mũthece [class-3]
    Sense id: en-theca-ki-verb-jSYKGzjq Categories (other): Kikuyu entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries

Noun [Latin]

IPA: [ˈtʰeː.ka] [Classical-Latin], [ˈtɛː.ka] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek θήκη (thḗkē, “a case, box, receptacle”), from τίθημι (títhēmi, “put, set, place”). Etymology templates: {{ety|la|:bor|grc:θήκη|title=thēca}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "to put", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "be putting", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "do", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*dʰeh₁-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*dʰédʰeh₁ti", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "τίθημι", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "θήκη", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "thēca", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }" data-lang="la" data-title="thēca">, {{bor|la|grc|θήκη||a case, box, receptacle}} Ancient Greek θήκη (thḗkē, “a case, box, receptacle”) Head templates: {{la-noun|thēca<1>}} thēca f (genitive thēcae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|thēca<1>}} Forms: thēca [canonical, feminine], thēcae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], thēca [nominative, singular], thēcae [nominative, plural], thēcae [genitive, singular], thēcārum [genitive, plural], thēcae [dative, singular], thēcīs [dative, plural], thēcam [accusative, singular], thēcās [accusative, plural], thēcā [ablative, singular], thēcīs [ablative, plural], thēca [singular, vocative], thēcae [plural, vocative]
  1. a case, envelope, sheath Tags: declension-1 Related terms: bibliothēca, hypothēca

Inflected forms

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}

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