ὀστοθήκη
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ὀστέον (ostéon, “bone”) + -θήκη (-thḗkē, “case, box”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /os.to.tʰɛ̌ː.kɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /os.toˈtʰe̝.ke̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /os.toˈθi.ci/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /os.toˈθi.ci/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /os.toˈθi.ci/
Noun
ὀστοθήκη • (ostothḗkē) f (genitive ὀστοθήκης); first declension
- A receptacle for bones, a sarcophagus
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ ὀστοθήκη hē ostothḗkē |
τὼ ὀστοθήκᾱ tṑ ostothḗkā |
αἱ ὀστοθῆκαι hai ostothêkai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ὀστοθήκης tês ostothḗkēs |
τοῖν ὀστοθήκαιν toîn ostothḗkain |
τῶν ὀστοθηκῶν tôn ostothēkôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ὀστοθήκῃ tēî ostothḗkēi |
τοῖν ὀστοθήκαιν toîn ostothḗkain |
ταῖς ὀστοθήκαις taîs ostothḗkais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ὀστοθήκην tḕn ostothḗkēn |
τὼ ὀστοθήκᾱ tṑ ostothḗkā |
τᾱ̀ς ὀστοθήκᾱς tā̀s ostothḗkās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ὀστοθήκη ostothḗkē |
ὀστοθήκᾱ ostothḗkā |
ὀστοθῆκαι ostothêkai | ||||||||||
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References
- “ὀστοθήκη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press