ἀνδριαντοθήκη
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἀνδριάς (andriás, “statue”) + -θήκη (-thḗkē, “case, box”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /an.dri.an.to.tʰɛ̌ː.kɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /an.dri.an.toˈtʰe̝.ke̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /an.dri.an.toˈθi.ci/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /an.dri.an.toˈθi.ci/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /an.dri.an.doˈθi.ci/
Noun
ἀνδρῐαντοθήκη • (andrĭantothḗkē) f (genitive ἀνδρῐαντοθήκης); first declension
- (architecture) niche for a statue
- Synonym: ἀγαλματοθήκη (agalmatothḗkē)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ ἀνδρῐαντοθήκη hē andrĭantothḗkē |
τὼ ἀνδρῐαντοθήκᾱ tṑ andrĭantothḗkā |
αἱ ἀνδρῐαντοθῆκαι hai andrĭantothêkai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ἀνδρῐαντοθήκης tês andrĭantothḗkēs |
τοῖν ἀνδρῐαντοθήκαιν toîn andrĭantothḗkain |
τῶν ἀνδρῐαντοθηκῶν tôn andrĭantothēkôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ἀνδρῐαντοθήκῃ tēî andrĭantothḗkēi |
τοῖν ἀνδρῐαντοθήκαιν toîn andrĭantothḗkain |
ταῖς ἀνδρῐαντοθήκαις taîs andrĭantothḗkais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ἀνδρῐαντοθήκην tḕn andrĭantothḗkēn |
τὼ ἀνδρῐαντοθήκᾱ tṑ andrĭantothḗkā |
τᾱ̀ς ἀνδρῐαντοθήκᾱς tā̀s andrĭantothḗkās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἀνδρῐαντοθήκη andrĭantothḗkē |
ἀνδρῐαντοθήκᾱ andrĭantothḗkā |
ἀνδρῐαντοθῆκαι andrĭantothêkai | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ἀνδριαντοθήκη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἀνδριαντοθήκη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀνδριαντοθήκη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)