hypotheca

English

Etymology

From hypo- +‎ theca.

Noun

hypotheca (plural hypothecae)

1. (microbiology, planktology) The lower or posterior half of the theca of a thecate protist such as a diatom or dinoflagellate

Coordinate terms

• epitheca

Derived terms

• hypothecal

Translations

lower half of a diatom frustule

German: Hypotheka f Irish: hipithiach f Korean: 하각 (hagak)

See also

• hypothec
• Frustule on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• echopathy

Latin

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hypotheca

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Etymology

Borrowed from the Ancient Greek ὑποθήκη (hupothḗkē, “warning, pledge”), from the verb ὑποτίθημι (hupotíthēmi, “put down, pledge”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [hy.pɔˈtʰeː.ka]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [i.poˈtɛː.ka]

Noun

hypothēca f (genitive hypothēcae); first declension

1. (law) A pledge given as surety for a loan.

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	hypothēca	hypothēcae
genitive	hypothēcae	hypothēcārum
dative	hypothēcae	hypothēcīs
accusative	hypothēcam	hypothēcās
ablative	hypothēcā	hypothēcīs
vocative	hypothēca	hypothēcae

Synonyms

• pignus

Derived terms

• hypothēcārius

Descendants

• Catalan: hipoteca
• English: hypothec
• French: hypothèque
  • → Turkish: ipotek
• Galician: hipoteca
• German: Hypothek
• Italian: ipoteca
• Portuguese: hipoteca
• Romanian: ipotecă
• Spanish: hipoteca

References

• “hypotheca”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "hypotheca", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “hypotheca”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “hypotheca”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “hypotheca”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Portuguese

Noun

hypotheca f (plural hypothecas)

1. pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of hipoteca