βελονοθήκη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From βελόνη (belónē, “needle”) and -θήκη (-thḗkē, “case, box”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /be.lo.no.tʰɛ̌ː.kɛː/ → /βe.lo.noˈθi.ci/ → /ve.lo.noˈθi.ci/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /be.lo.no.tʰɛ̌ː.kɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /be.lo.noˈtʰe̝.ke̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βe.lo.noˈθi.ci/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ve.lo.noˈθi.ci/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ve.lo.noˈθi.ci/

Noun

βελονοθήκη • (belonothḗkē) f (genitive βελονοθήκης); first declension

1. A needlecase

Inflection

First declension of ἡ βελονοθήκη; τῆς βελονοθήκης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ βελονοθήκη hē belonothḗkē	τὼ βελονοθήκᾱ tṑ belonothḗkā	αἱ βελονοθῆκαι hai belonothêkai
Genitive	τῆς βελονοθήκης tês belonothḗkēs	τοῖν βελονοθήκαιν toîn belonothḗkain	τῶν βελονοθηκῶν tôn belonothēkôn
Dative	τῇ βελονοθήκῃ têi belonothḗkēi	τοῖν βελονοθήκαιν toîn belonothḗkain	ταῖς βελονοθήκαις taîs belonothḗkais
Accusative	τὴν βελονοθήκην tḕn belonothḗkēn	τὼ βελονοθήκᾱ tṑ belonothḗkā	τᾱ̀ς βελονοθήκᾱς tā̀s belonothḗkās
Vocative	βελονοθήκη belonothḗkē	βελονοθήκᾱ belonothḗkā	βελονοθῆκαι belonothêkai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

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