ἡδυσματοθήκη
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἥδυσμα (hḗdusma, “spice; seasoning”) and -θήκη (-thḗkē, “case, box”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hɛː.dyz.ma.to.tʰɛ̌ː.kɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)e̝.dyz.ma.toˈtʰe̝.ke̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /i.ðyz.ma.toˈθi.ci/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /i.ðyz.ma.toˈθi.ci/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /i.ðiz.ma.toˈθi.ci/
Noun
ἡδυσμᾰτοθήκη • (hēdusmătothḗkē) f (genitive ἡδυσμᾰτοθήκης); first declension
- A spice box
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ ἡδυσματοθήκη hē hēdusmatothḗkē |
τὼ ἡδυσματοθήκᾱ tṑ hēdusmatothḗkā |
αἱ ἡδυσματοθῆκαι hai hēdusmatothêkai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ἡδυσματοθήκης tês hēdusmatothḗkēs |
τοῖν ἡδυσματοθήκαιν toîn hēdusmatothḗkain |
τῶν ἡδυσματοθηκῶν tôn hēdusmatothēkôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ἡδυσματοθήκῃ tēî hēdusmatothḗkēi |
τοῖν ἡδυσματοθήκαιν toîn hēdusmatothḗkain |
ταῖς ἡδυσματοθήκαις taîs hēdusmatothḗkais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ἡδυσματοθήκην tḕn hēdusmatothḗkēn |
τὼ ἡδυσματοθήκᾱ tṑ hēdusmatothḗkā |
τᾱ̀ς ἡδυσματοθήκᾱς tā̀s hēdusmatothḗkās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἡδυσματοθήκη hēdusmatothḗkē |
ἡδυσματοθήκᾱ hēdusmatothḗkā |
ἡδυσματοθῆκαι hēdusmatothêkai | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ἡδυσματοθήκη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press