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thēca , ae, f., = θήκη,
I.that in which any thing is enclosed, an envelope, hull, cover, case, sheath, etc. (syn. vagina): “grani,” Varr. R. R. 1, 48, 1: “efferri sine thecis vasa,” Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 23, § 52; id. Att. 4, 7, 2; Quint. 6, 3, 61: “calamaria,” Suet. Claud. 35; Mart. 14, 19, 1; Amm. 28, 4, 13.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 4.7.2
    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.4.52
    • Suetonius, Divus Claudius, 35
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 6, 3.61
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