Obs. Also 6 oppatheke, -icke, 7 apothect(e. [a. OFr. apotheque, apoteque shop, magazine; ad. L. apothēca, a. Gr. ἀποθήκη a store-house, f. ἀποτιθέ-ναι to lay away.] A shop, store-house, or magazine; esp. for drugs. Also fig.
1591. Horsey, Trav. (1857), 201. [He] comaunds the master of his oppathicke … to prepare and atend for his solace and bathinge. One sent … to the oppatheke for marigold and rose water.
1647. R. Baron, Cyprian Acad., A ij b. Other innumerable eminent endouments which bounteous nature hath liberally in all ages reposited in your lovely sex, as in the Apothecke or magasine of perfection.
1657. Tomlinson, Renou’s Disp., 3. The Apothecary from the Apothectes or shop where his medicines are placed.
