English

Noun

bibliotheca ‎(plural bibliothecas or bibliothecae)

1. (obsolete) A library.

Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌbi.bljoˈte.ka/

Noun

bibliotheca ‎(plural bibliothecas)

1. library

Latin

Alternative forms

• bibliothēcē, bybliothēca, bybliothēcē

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

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

Declension

First declension.

Derived terms

• bibliothēcālis
• bibliothēcārius
• bibliothēcula

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, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “bibliotheca”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (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 died out in Brazil during the 1920s).