χαλκοθήκη
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From χαλκός (khalkós, “copper”) and -θήκη (-thḗkē, “case, box”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kʰal.ko.tʰɛ̌ː.kɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kʰal.koˈtʰe̝.ke̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /xal.koˈθi.ci/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /xal.koˈθi.ci/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /xal.koˈθi.ci/
Noun
χαλκοθήκη • (khalkothḗkē) f (genitive χαλκοθήκης); first declension
- A case for bronze vessels, especially for those of value
Inflection
First declension of ἡ χαλκοθήκη; τῆς χαλκοθήκης (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ χαλκοθήκη hē khalkothḗkē | τὼ χαλκοθήκᾱ tṑ khalkothḗkā | αἱ χαλκοθῆκαι hai khalkothêkai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς χαλκοθήκης tês khalkothḗkēs | τοῖν χαλκοθήκαιν toîn khalkothḗkain | τῶν χαλκοθηκῶν tôn khalkothēkôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ χαλκοθήκῃ têi khalkothḗkēi | τοῖν χαλκοθήκαιν toîn khalkothḗkain | ταῖς χαλκοθήκαις taîs khalkothḗkais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν χαλκοθήκην tḕn khalkothḗkēn | τὼ χαλκοθήκᾱ tṑ khalkothḗkā | τᾱ̀ς χαλκοθήκᾱς tā̀s khalkothḗkās | ||||||||||
Vocative | χαλκοθήκη khalkothḗkē | χαλκοθήκᾱ khalkothḗkā | χαλκοθῆκαι khalkothêkai | ||||||||||
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References
- “χαλκοθήκη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- χαλκοθήκη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette