κυμινοθήκη
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From κύμινον (kúminon, “cummin”) + -θήκη (-thḗkē, “case, box”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ky.miː.no.tʰɛ̌ː.kɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ky.mi.noˈtʰe̝.ke̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /cy.mi.noˈθi.ci/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /cy.mi.noˈθi.ci/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ci.mi.noˈθi.ci/
Noun
κῠμῑνοθήκη • (kumīnothḗkē) f (genitive κῠμῑνοθήκης); first declension
- box for cummin, spice-box, placed on the table like a salt cellar
Inflection
First declension of ἡ κῠμῑνοθήκη; τῆς κῠμῑνοθήκης (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ κῠμῑνοθήκη hē kumīnothḗkē | τὼ κῠμῑνοθήκᾱ tṑ kumīnothḗkā | αἱ κῠμῑνοθῆκαι hai kumīnothêkai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς κῠμῑνοθήκης tês kumīnothḗkēs | τοῖν κῠμῑνοθήκαιν toîn kumīnothḗkain | τῶν κῠμῑνοθηκῶν tôn kumīnothēkôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ κῠμῑνοθήκῃ têi kumīnothḗkēi | τοῖν κῠμῑνοθήκαιν toîn kumīnothḗkain | ταῖς κῠμῑνοθήκαις taîs kumīnothḗkais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν κῠμῑνοθήκην tḕn kumīnothḗkēn | τὼ κῠμῑνοθήκᾱ tṑ kumīnothḗkā | τᾱ̀ς κῠμῑνοθήκᾱς tā̀s kumīnothḗkās | ||||||||||
Vocative | κῠμῑνοθήκη kumīnothḗkē | κῠμῑνοθήκᾱ kumīnothḗkā | κῠμῑνοθῆκαι kumīnothêkai | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “κυμινοθήκη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- κυμινοθήκη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette