"theca" meaning in Latin

See theca in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

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
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        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin feminine nouns",
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        "Latin first declension nouns",
        "Latin lemmas",
        "Latin nouns",
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        "Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek",
        "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
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}

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