ἐργαλοθήκη
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἐργαλεῖον (ergaleîon, “instrument”) + -θήκη (-thḗkē, “case, box”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /er.ɡa.lo.tʰɛ̌ː.kɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /er.ɡa.loˈtʰe̝.ke̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /er.ɣa.loˈθi.ci/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /er.ɣa.loˈθi.ci/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /er.ɣa.loˈθi.ci/
Noun
ἐργᾰλοθήκη • (ergălothḗkē) f (genitive ἐργᾰλοθήκης); first declension
- A case for instruments
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ ἐργᾰλοθήκη hē ergălothḗkē |
τὼ ἐργᾰλοθήκᾱ tṑ ergălothḗkā |
αἱ ἐργᾰλοθῆκαι hai ergălothêkai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ἐργᾰλοθήκης tês ergălothḗkēs |
τοῖν ἐργᾰλοθήκαιν toîn ergălothḗkain |
τῶν ἐργᾰλοθηκῶν tôn ergălothēkôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ἐργᾰλοθήκῃ tēî ergălothḗkēi |
τοῖν ἐργᾰλοθήκαιν toîn ergălothḗkain |
ταῖς ἐργᾰλοθήκαις taîs ergălothḗkais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ἐργᾰλοθήκην tḕn ergălothḗkēn |
τὼ ἐργᾰλοθήκᾱ tṑ ergălothḗkā |
τᾱ̀ς ἐργᾰλοθήκᾱς tā̀s ergălothḗkās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἐργᾰλοθήκη ergălothḗkē |
ἐργᾰλοθήκᾱ ergălothḗkā |
ἐργᾰλοθῆκαι ergălothêkai | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ἐργαλοθήκη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἐργαλοθήκη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette