βελοθήκη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From βέλος (bélos, “arrow”) and -θήκη (-thḗkē, “case, box”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /be.lo.tʰɛ̌ː.kɛː/ → /βe.loˈθi.ci/ → /ve.loˈθi.ci/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /be.lo.tʰɛ̌ː.kɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /be.loˈtʰe̝.ke̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βe.loˈθi.ci/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ve.loˈθi.ci/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ve.loˈθi.ci/

Noun

βελοθήκη • (belothḗkē) f (genitive βελοθήκης); first declension

1. A quiver

Inflection

First declension of ἡ βελοθήκη; τῆς βελοθήκης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ βελοθήκη hē belothḗkē	τὼ βελοθήκᾱ tṑ belothḗkā	αἱ βελοθῆκαι hai belothêkai
Genitive	τῆς βελοθήκης tês belothḗkēs	τοῖν βελοθήκαιν toîn belothḗkain	τῶν βελοθηκῶν tôn belothēkôn
Dative	τῇ βελοθήκῃ têi belothḗkēi	τοῖν βελοθήκαιν toîn belothḗkain	ταῖς βελοθήκαις taîs belothḗkais
Accusative	τὴν βελοθήκην tḕn belothḗkēn	τὼ βελοθήκᾱ tṑ belothḗkā	τᾱ̀ς βελοθήκᾱς tā̀s belothḗkās
Vocative	βελοθήκη belothḗkē	βελοθήκᾱ belothḗkā	βελοθῆκαι belothêkai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “βελοθήκη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• βελοθήκη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette