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 • (măkhairothḗkē) f (genitive μᾰχαιροθήκης); first declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ μᾰχαιροθήκη hē măkhairothḗkē |
τὼ μᾰχαιροθήκᾱ tṑ măkhairothḗkā |
αἱ μᾰχαιροθῆκαι hai măkhairothêkai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς μᾰχαιροθήκης tês măkhairothḗkēs |
τοῖν μᾰχαιροθήκαιν toîn măkhairothḗkain |
τῶν μᾰχαιροθηκῶν tôn măkhairothēkôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ μᾰχαιροθήκῃ tēî măkhairothḗkēi |
τοῖν μᾰχαιροθήκαιν toîn măkhairothḗkain |
ταῖς μᾰχαιροθήκαις taîs măkhairothḗkais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν μᾰχαιροθήκην tḕn măkhairothḗkēn |
τὼ μᾰχαιροθήκᾱ tṑ măkhairothḗkā |
τᾱ̀ς μᾰχαιροθήκᾱς tā̀s măkhairothḗkās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | μᾰχαιροθήκη măkhairothḗkē |
μᾰχαιροθήκᾱ măkhairothḗkā |
μᾰχαιροθῆκαι măkhairothêkai | ||||||||||
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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