βελοθήκη
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From βέλος (bélos, “arrow”) and -θήκη (-thḗkē, “case, box”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /be.lo.tʰɛ̌ː.kɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /be.loˈtʰe̝.ke̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /βe.loˈθi.ci/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ve.loˈθi.ci/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ve.loˈθi.ci/
Noun
βελοθήκη • (belothḗkē) f (genitive βελοθήκης); first declension
- A quiver
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ βελοθήκη hē belothḗkē |
τὼ βελοθήκᾱ tṑ belothḗkā |
αἱ βελοθῆκαι hai belothêkai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς βελοθήκης tês belothḗkēs |
τοῖν βελοθήκαιν toîn belothḗkain |
τῶν βελοθηκῶν tôn belothēkôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ βελοθήκῃ tēî belothḗkēi |
τοῖν βελοθήκαιν toîn belothḗkain |
ταῖς βελοθήκαις taîs belothḗkais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν βελοθήκην tḕn belothḗkēn |
τὼ βελοθήκᾱ tṑ belothḗkā |
τᾱ̀ς βελοθήκᾱς tā̀s belothḗkās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | βελοθήκη belothḗkē |
βελοθήκᾱ belothḗkā |
βελοθῆκαι belothêkai | ||||||||||
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References
- “βελοθήκη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- βελοθήκη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette