ăpŏthēca, ae, f., = ἀποθήκη [corrupted in Ital. to bottega, in Fr. to boutique, and in Germ. to Bude = booth, shop],
a place where things are put away , laid up , a repository , storehouse , magazine , warehouse , etc., Cic. Phil. 2, 27, so id. Vatin. 5; Dig. 33, 7, 12; esp. for wine, a store-room (not wine-cellar, since the ancients kept their wine in the upper part of the house), * Hor. S. 2, 5, 7; Plin. 14, 14, 16, § 49; 14, 4, 6, § 57; Dig. 47, 2, 21, Arn. 7, p. 236; also for oil: apothecae olei, Vulg. 1 Par. 27, 28; for corn: apothecae frumenti, ib. 2 Par. 32, 28; ib. Joel, 1, 17; for armor, equipments: omnes apothecas supellectilis suae, ib. Isa. 39, 2.