πινακοθήκη
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From πίναξ (pínax, “tablet”) + -θήκη (-thḗkē, “case, box”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pi.na.ko.tʰɛ̌ː.kɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pi.na.koˈtʰe̝.ke̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /pi.na.koˈθi.ci/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /pi.na.koˈθi.ci/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /pi.na.koˈθi.ci/
Noun
πῐνᾰκοθήκη • (pĭnăkothḗkē) f (genitive πῐνᾰκοθήκης); first declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ πῐνᾰκοθήκη hē pĭnăkothḗkē |
τὼ πῐνᾰκοθήκᾱ tṑ pĭnăkothḗkā |
αἱ πῐνᾰκοθῆκαι hai pĭnăkothêkai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς πῐνᾰκοθήκης tês pĭnăkothḗkēs |
τοῖν πῐνᾰκοθήκαιν toîn pĭnăkothḗkain |
τῶν πῐνᾰκοθηκῶν tôn pĭnăkothēkôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ πῐνᾰκοθήκῃ tēî pĭnăkothḗkēi |
τοῖν πῐνᾰκοθήκαιν toîn pĭnăkothḗkain |
ταῖς πῐνᾰκοθήκαις taîs pĭnăkothḗkais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν πῐνᾰκοθήκην tḕn pĭnăkothḗkēn |
τὼ πῐνᾰκοθήκᾱ tṑ pĭnăkothḗkā |
τᾱ̀ς πῐνᾰκοθήκᾱς tā̀s pĭnăkothḗkās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | πῐνᾰκοθήκη pĭnăkothḗkē |
πῐνᾰκοθήκᾱ pĭnăkothḗkā |
πῐνᾰκοθῆκαι pĭnăkothêkai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Latin: pinacothēca
- → Catalan: pinacoteca
- → English: pinacotheca
- → French: pinacothèque
- → German: Pinakothek
- → English: pinakothek
- → Italian: pinacoteca
- → Cimbrian: pinakotèk
- → Portuguese: pinacoteca
- → Sicilian: pinacutica
- → Spanish: pinacoteca
Further reading
- “πινακοθήκη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- πινακοθήκη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Greek
Etymology
From πίνακ(ας) (pínak(as), “tablet, painting”) + -ο- (-o-) + -θήκη (-thíki, “case, holster”). For the modern senses, a reborrowing from German Pinakothek from Latin pinacotheca in its modern sense.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pi.na.koˈθi.ci/
- Hyphenation: πι‧να‧κο‧θή‧κη
Noun
πινακοθήκη • (pinakothíki) f (plural πινακοθήκες)
- art gallery
- art collection
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | πινακοθήκη (pinakothíki) | πινακοθήκες (pinakothíkes) |
| genitive | πινακοθήκης (pinakothíkis) | πινακοθηκών (pinakothikón) |
| accusative | πινακοθήκη (pinakothíki) | πινακοθήκες (pinakothíkes) |
| vocative | πινακοθήκη (pinakothíki) | πινακοθήκες (pinakothíkes) |
Synonyms
- γκαλερί f (gkalerí)
References
- ^ πινακοθήκη, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language