different between hypotheca vs epithecal

English

Etymology

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

See also

• hypothec
• Frustule on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• echopathy

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from the Ancient Greek ??????? (hupoth?k?, “warning, pledge”), from the verb ????????? (hupotíth?mi, “put down, pledge”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /hy.po?t?e?.ka/, [h?p??t??e?kä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /i.po?te.ka/, [ip??t???k?]

Noun

hypoth?ca f (genitive hypoth?cae); first declension

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

Declension

First-declension noun.

Synonyms

• pignus

Derived terms

• hypoth?c?rius

Descendants

• Catalan: hipoteca
• English: hypothec
• French: hypothèque
• German: Hypothek
• Italian: ipoteca
• Portuguese: hipoteca
• 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, 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. Obsolete spelling of hipoteca (used in Portugal until September 1911 and died out in Brazil during the 1920s).

English

Etymology

epitheca +? -al

Adjective

epithecal (not comparable)

1. (microbiology, planktology) Of or pertaining to the epitheca, the upper half of the shell of certain types of plankton.
   • 1919, G.M. Ehlers, New Species of Tetracoralla in The American journal of science, Vol. XLVIII:

     The epithecal covering of the outer is annulated by low ridges and shallow grooves...Fine, close-set, concentric lines, probably representing lines of growth, are obscurely shown on a few of the better preserved portions of the epithecal surface.

Related terms

• epitheca
• hypotheca
• hypothecal

See also

• Frustule

Anagrams

• petechial