σιτοθήκη

σιτοθήκη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σῖτος (sîtos, “grain”) +‎ -θήκη (-thḗkē, “case, box”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /siː.to.tʰɛ̌ː.kɛː/ → /si.toˈθi.ci/ → /si.toˈθi.ci/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /siː.to.tʰɛ̌ː.kɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /si.toˈtʰe̝.ke̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /si.toˈθi.ci/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /si.toˈθi.ci/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /si.toˈθi.ci/

Noun

σῑτοθήκη • (sītothḗkē) f (genitive σῑτοθήκης); first declension

1. A granary

Inflection

First declension of ἡ σῑτοθήκη; τῆς σῑτοθήκης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σῑτοθήκη hē sītothḗkē	τὼ σῑτοθήκᾱ tṑ sītothḗkā	αἱ σῑτοθῆκαι hai sītothêkai
Genitive	τῆς σῑτοθήκης tês sītothḗkēs	τοῖν σῑτοθήκαιν toîn sītothḗkain	τῶν σῑτοθηκῶν tôn sītothēkôn
Dative	τῇ σῑτοθήκῃ têi sītothḗkēi	τοῖν σῑτοθήκαιν toîn sītothḗkain	ταῖς σῑτοθήκαις taîs sītothḗkais
Accusative	τὴν σῑτοθήκην tḕn sītothḗkēn	τὼ σῑτοθήκᾱ tṑ sītothḗkā	τᾱ̀ς σῑτοθήκᾱς tā̀s sītothḗkās
Vocative	σῑτοθήκη sītothḗkē	σῑτοθήκᾱ sītothḗkā	σῑτοθῆκαι sītothêkai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “σιτοθήκη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• σιτοθήκη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette