English

Noun

bibliothecae

1. plural of bibliotheca

Latin

Noun

bibliothēcae

1. genitive singular of bibliothēca
2. dative singular of bibliothēca
3. nominative plural of bibliothēca
   • 1980, Rudolf Blum, Bibliographia: An Inquiry Into Its Definition and Designations, p. 35:

     It was the earliest of the many Bibliothecae selectae, Bibliotheques choisies, etc. and was intended primarily as a guide for Catholic students.

4. vocative plural of bibliothēca

Quotations

• 1472, Diodorus Siculus, translated by Poggio Bracciolini, Bibliothecae historiae libri VI.
• 1575, Hieronymus Wolf, Catalogus Graecorum librorum manuscriptorum Augustanae bibliothecae.
• 1814, Thomas Hartwell Horne, An Introduction to the Study of Bibliography, p. 592:

  Catalogus librorum bibliothecae publicae, quae est in illustrium Frisiae ordinum academia Frankerana (secundum ordinem pluteorum dispositus).

• 1975, Vito Joseph Brenni, Essays on Bibliography, p. 101:

  Italy was not behind other countries in the publication of institutional library catalogues, as a Catalogus librorum bibliothecae.