καλαμοθήκη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κάλαμος (kálamos, “reed”) +‎ -θήκη (-thḗkē, “case, box”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ka.la.mo.tʰɛ̌ː.kɛː/ → /ka.la.moˈθi.ci/ → /ka.la.moˈθi.ci/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ka.la.mo.tʰɛ̌ː.kɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ka.la.moˈtʰe̝.ke̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ka.la.moˈθi.ci/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ka.la.moˈθi.ci/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ka.la.moˈθi.ci/

Noun

κᾰλᾰμοθήκη • (kalamothḗkē) f (genitive κᾰλᾰμοθήκης); first declension

1. reed-case

Inflection

First declension of ἡ κᾰλᾰμοθήκη; τῆς κᾰλᾰμοθήκης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κᾰλᾰμοθήκη hē kalamothḗkē	τὼ κᾰλᾰμοθήκᾱ tṑ kalamothḗkā	αἱ κᾰλᾰμοθῆκαι hai kalamothêkai
Genitive	τῆς κᾰλᾰμοθήκης tês kalamothḗkēs	τοῖν κᾰλᾰμοθήκαιν toîn kalamothḗkain	τῶν κᾰλᾰμοθηκῶν tôn kalamothēkôn
Dative	τῇ κᾰλᾰμοθήκῃ têi kalamothḗkēi	τοῖν κᾰλᾰμοθήκαιν toîn kalamothḗkain	ταῖς κᾰλᾰμοθήκαις taîs kalamothḗkais
Accusative	τὴν κᾰλᾰμοθήκην tḕn kalamothḗkēn	τὼ κᾰλᾰμοθήκᾱ tṑ kalamothḗkā	τᾱ̀ς κᾰλᾰμοθήκᾱς tā̀s kalamothḗkās
Vocative	κᾰλᾰμοθήκη kalamothḗkē	κᾰλᾰμοθήκᾱ kalamothḗkā	κᾰλᾰμοθῆκαι kalamothêkai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “καλαμοθήκη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press