apotheca Latin · revision 7634

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=Cicero|origins=grc ἀποτίθημι}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [a.pɔˈtʰeː.ka]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [a.poˈtɛː.ka]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''apothēca''' ''f'' (genitive apothēcae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|grc|ἀποθήκη|tr=apothḗkē|t=storehouse]], from [[m|grc|ἀποτίθημι|tr=apotíthēmi|t=to put away]], from [[m|grc|ἀπό|tr=apó|t=away]] and [[m|grc|τίθημι|tr=títhēmi|t=to put]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010) Augustine and Isidore render it ⟨repositōria⟩.^(TLL)^(Isidore)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Cicero, whom he dates 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant a storehouse, storeroom, especially for wine, a cellar where wine was mellowed in smoke, as in Cicero and Vitruvius.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant a storeroom, cellar.^(Stelten 1995) Medieval Latin used it for a shop, a booth, a chemist's shop and a mercer's.^(Niermeyer 1976) It survives in Italian ''bottega'', French ''boutique'' and Spanish ''bodega''.^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Its derivative ''apothēcārius'' gave [[en|apothecary]] in the mid-14th century.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of a storeroom.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 84–c. 25 BC – Vitruvius uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * mid-14th century – English ''apothecary'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A storehouse; a wine [[m|en|cellar]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A shop; a chemist's shop.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[apothēcārius]]

+ * [[apothēcō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[en|apothecary]]

+ * [[en|boutique]]

+ * [[en|bodega]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}