μαχαιροθήκη
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From μάχαιρα (mákhaira, “large knife”) + -θήκη (-thḗkē, “case, box”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ma.kʰai̯.ro.tʰɛ̌ː.kɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ma.kʰɛ.roˈtʰe̝.ke̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ma.çɛ.roˈθi.ci/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ma.çe.roˈθi.ci/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ma.çe.roˈθi.ci/
Noun
μᾰχαιροθήκη • (makhairothḗkē) f (genitive μᾰχαιροθήκης); first declension
- A case for knives
Inflection
First declension of ἡ μᾰχαιροθήκη; τῆς μᾰχαιροθήκης (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ μᾰχαιροθήκη hē makhairothḗkē | τὼ μᾰχαιροθήκᾱ tṑ makhairothḗkā | αἱ μᾰχαιροθῆκαι hai makhairothêkai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς μᾰχαιροθήκης tês makhairothḗkēs | τοῖν μᾰχαιροθήκαιν toîn makhairothḗkain | τῶν μᾰχαιροθηκῶν tôn makhairothēkôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ μᾰχαιροθήκῃ têi makhairothḗkēi | τοῖν μᾰχαιροθήκαιν toîn makhairothḗkain | ταῖς μᾰχαιροθήκαις taîs makhairothḗkais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν μᾰχαιροθήκην tḕn makhairothḗkēn | τὼ μᾰχαιροθήκᾱ tṑ makhairothḗkā | τᾱ̀ς μᾰχαιροθήκᾱς tā̀s makhairothḗkās | ||||||||||
Vocative | μᾰχαιροθήκη makhairothḗkē | μᾰχαιροθήκᾱ makhairothḗkā | μᾰχαιροθῆκαι makhairothêkai | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “μαχαιροθήκη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- μαχαιροθήκη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette