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Hypotheca
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Hyˊpo-the′ca
,Noun.
[L., fr. Gr. [GREEK] a thing subject to some obligation, fr. [GREEK] to put under, put down, pledge. See
Hypothesis
.] (Rom. Law)
An obligation by which property of a debtor was made over to his creditor in security of his debt.
☞ It differed from pledge in regard to possession of the property subject to the obligation; pledge requiring, simple hypotheca not requiring, possession of it by the creditor. The modern mortgage corresponds very closely with it.
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Definition 2024
hypotheca
hypotheca
English
Noun
hypotheca (plural hypothecae)
- (microbiology, planktology) The lower or posterior half of the theca of a thecate protist such as a diatom or dinoflagellate
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
Translations
lower half of a diatom frustule
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See also
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from the Ancient Greek ὑποθήκη (hupothḗkē, “warning, pledge”), from the verb ὑποτίθημι (hupotíthēmi, “put down, pledge”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /hʏ.poˈtʰeː.ka/
Noun
hypothēca f (genitive hypothēcae); first declension
Inflection
First declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | hypothēca | hypothēcae |
| genitive | hypothēcae | hypothēcārum |
| dative | hypothēcae | hypothēcīs |
| accusative | hypothēcam | hypothēcās |
| ablative | hypothēcā | hypothēcīs |
| vocative | hypothēca | hypothēcae |
Synonyms
Derived terms
- hypothēcārius
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)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “hypotheca”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: 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)
- Obsolete spelling of hipoteca (used in Portugal until September 1911 and died out in Brazil during the 1920s).