apotheke means A Greek storeroom or warehouse. Lexicurio rates it Distinctive — a strength score of 68 out of 100.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ποθήκη (ăpothḗkē). Doublet of apothecary, bodega, and boutique.
noun
- A Greek storeroom or warehouse.“The absence of earrings from the pre-Persian apothekes and the fact that only one was found on the South Hill indicate that earrings were infrequently used in archaic times at Olynthus.”
- A European, especially German, pharmacy.“The other ſtructures are: the foundling-houſe, the grammar-ſchool, the poſt-office, the ſalt-magazine, the archives, the aſſignation-bank, the artillery-court, the printing-office of the ſenate, the chief apotheke, the mint, &c. […] The botanic or apothecary-garden, belonging to the imperial apotheke, is kept in an excellent ſtate. This apotheke is appointed to ſupply all the inferior apothekes of”