bibliotheca

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin bibliothēca, borrowed from Ancient Greek βιβλιοθήκη (bibliothḗkē, “library”). Equivalent to biblio- +‎ -theca. Doublet of bibliotheque.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌbɪbli.əˈθiːkə/

Noun

bibliotheca (plural bibliothecas or bibliothecae)

  1. (obsolete) A library.

References

Interlingua

Etymology

From French bibliothèque, Italian bibliotèca, Spanish biblioteca, Portuguese biblioteca, German Bibliothek and Russian библиоте́ка (bibliotéka), all ultimately from Latin bibliothēca.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bi.bli.oˈte.ka/

Noun

bibliotheca (plural bibliothecas)

  1. library

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

    From Ancient Greek βῐβλῐοθήκη (bĭblĭothḗkē, “library”), from βῐβλῐ́ον (bĭblĭ́on) +‎ θήκη (thḗkē).

    Pronunciation 1

    Noun

    bibliothēca f (genitive bibliothēcae); first declension

    1. a library (room for books or collection of books)
      • 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, page 592:
        Catalogus librorum bibliothecae publicae, quae est in illustrium Frisiae ordinum academia Frankerana (secundum ordinem pluteorum dispositus).
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      • 1975, Vito Joseph Brenni, Essays on Bibliography, page 101:
        Italy was not behind other countries in the publication of institutional library catalogues, as a Catalogus librorum bibliothecae.
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      • 1980, Rudolf Blum, Bibliographia: An Inquiry Into Its Definition and Designations, page 35:
        It was the earliest of the many Bibliothecae selectae, Bibliotheques choisies, etc. and was intended primarily as a guide for Catholic students.
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    Declension

    First-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative bibliothēca bibliothēcae
    genitive bibliothēcae bibliothēcārum
    dative bibliothēcae bibliothēcīs
    accusative bibliothēcam bibliothēcās
    ablative bibliothēcā bibliothēcīs
    vocative bibliothēca bibliothēcae
    Derived terms
    Descendants

    Pronunciation 2

    Noun

    bibliothēcā

    1. ablative singular of bibliothēca

    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, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
    • “bibliotheca”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], 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 (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[2], 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. pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of biblioteca
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