Latin

Noun

enthēca f ‎(genitive enthēcae); first declension

1. (law) a predial appurtenance (such as an annexed storehouse)
2. a public granary, a store, a warehouse, a magazine, a depot
   1. farming equipment, farm supplies
3. a reserve of money, a treasury, a hoard, a fund, savings, cash
   1. (Medieval Latin) a chest, a trunk, a coffer, a box
   2. (Medieval Latin) a travelling bag, a suitcase, a trunk

Declension

First declension.

Derived terms

References

• enthēca in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ENTHECA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “enthēca”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette, page 591/1.
• “enthēca” on page 609/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
• “entheca” on page 375/1 of Jan Frederik Niermeyer’s Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus (1976)