Etymology

Learned borrowing from LatinCategory:English terms borrowed from Latin#BIBLIOTHECACategory:English learned borrowings from Latin#BIBLIOTHECACategory:English terms derived from Latin#BIBLIOTHECA bibliothēca, borrowed from Ancient GreekCategory:English terms derived from Ancient Greek#BIBLIOTHECA βιβλιοθήκη (bibliothḗkē, “library”). Equivalent to biblio- +‎ -thecaCategory:English terms prefixed with biblio-#THECACategory:English terms suffixed with -theca#BIBLIOTHECA. Doublet of bibliothequeCategory:English doublets#BIBLIOTHECA.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌbɪbli.əˈθiːkə/Category:English 5-syllable words#BIBLIOTHECACategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#BIBLIOTHECA

Noun

bibliotheca (plural bibliothecas or bibliothecae)Category:English lemmas#BIBLIOTHECACategory:English nouns#BIBLIOTHECACategory:English countable nouns#BIBLIOTHECACategory:English nouns with irregular plurals#BIBLIOTHECACategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BIBLIOTHECACategory:Pages with entries#BIBLIOTHECACategory:Pages with 4 entries#BIBLIOTHECA

1. (obsoleteCategory:English terms with obsolete senses#BIBLIOTHECA) A library.

References

• “bibliotheca”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Etymology

From FrenchCategory:Interlingua terms derived from French#BIBLIOTHECA bibliothèque, ItalianCategory:Interlingua terms derived from Italian#BIBLIOTHECA bibliotèca, SpanishCategory:Interlingua terms derived from Spanish#BIBLIOTHECA biblioteca, PortugueseCategory:Interlingua terms derived from Portuguese#BIBLIOTHECA biblioteca, GermanCategory:Interlingua terms derived from German#BIBLIOTHECA Bibliothek and RussianCategory:Interlingua terms derived from Russian#BIBLIOTHECA библиоте́ка (bibliotéka), all ultimately from LatinCategory:Interlingua terms derived from Latin#BIBLIOTHECA bibliothēca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bi.bli.oˈte.ka/Category:Interlingua terms with IPA pronunciation#BIBLIOTHECA

Noun

bibliotheca (plural bibliothecas)Category:Interlingua lemmas#BIBLIOTHECACategory:Interlingua nouns#BIBLIOTHECACategory:Interlingua entries with incorrect language header#BIBLIOTHECACategory:Pages with entries#BIBLIOTHECACategory:Pages with 4 entries#BIBLIOTHECA

1. library

Alternative forms

• bibliothēcē, bybliothēca, bybliothēcē

Etymology

From Ancient GreekCategory:Latin terms borrowed from Ancient Greek#BIBLIOTHECACategory:Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek#BIBLIOTHECA βῐβλῐοθήκη (bĭblĭothḗkē, “library”), from βῐβλῐ́ον (bĭblĭ́on) +‎ θήκη (thḗkē).

Pronunciation 1

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [bɪ.bli.ɔˈtʰeː.ka]Category:Latin 5-syllable words#BIBLIOTHECACategory:Latin terms with IPA pronunciation#BIBLIOTHECA
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [bi.bli.oˈtɛː.ka]Category:Latin 5-syllable words#BIBLIOTHECACategory:Latin terms with IPA pronunciation#BIBLIOTHECA

Pronunciation 2

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [bɪ.bli.ɔˈtʰeː.kaː]Category:Latin 5-syllable words#BIBLIOTHECACategory:Latin terms with IPA pronunciation#BIBLIOTHECA
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [bi.bli.oˈtɛː.ka]Category:Latin 5-syllable words#BIBLIOTHECACategory:Latin terms with IPA pronunciation#BIBLIOTHECA

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, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to bury oneself in one's library: se abdere in bibliothecam suam
    

  Category:Latin words in Meissner and Auden's phrasebook
• “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, 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

Noun

bibliotheca f (plural bibliothecas)Category:Portuguese lemmas#BIBLIOTHECACategory:Portuguese nouns#BIBLIOTHECACategory:Portuguese countable nouns#BIBLIOTHECACategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#BIBLIOTHECACategory:Portuguese feminine nouns#BIBLIOTHECACategory:Pages with entries#BIBLIOTHECACategory:Pages with 4 entries#BIBLIOTHECA

1. pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of bibliotecaCategory:Portuguese forms superseded in 1943#BIBLIOTHECACategory:Portuguese forms superseded in 1911#BIBLIOTHECA