hypotheca
From LSJ
Μέμνησο πλουτῶν τοὺς πένητας ὠφελεῖν → Memento dives facere pauperibus bene → Vergiss nicht, dass als Reicher du den Armen hilfst
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
hypŏthēca: ae, f., = ὑποθήκη,
I a pledge, security (esp. of immovable things; whereas pignus is used of movable things; cf. also: arra, arrabo), a mortgage, Just. Inst. 4, 6, § 7; Dig. 13, 7, 9; 20, 1, 2 et saep. (in Cic. Fam. 13, 56, 2, written as Greek).—Hence, hypŏthēcārĭus, a, um, adj. hypotheca, of or relating to a mortgage: actio, Dig. 20, 4, 1 fin.: creditor, id. 42, 7, 1.
