βιβλιοθήκη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• βῠβλῐοθήκη (bŭblĭothḗkē)

Etymology

From βῐβλῐ́ον (bĭblĭ́on, “book”) +‎ -θήκη (-thḗkē, “box; chest”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bi.bli.o.tʰɛ̌ː.kɛː/ → /βi.βli.oˈθi.ci/ → /vi.vli.oˈθi.ci/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bi.bli.o.tʰɛ̌ː.kɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /bi.bli.oˈtʰe̝.ke̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βi.βli.oˈθi.ci/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /vi.vli.oˈθi.ci/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /vi.vli.oˈθi.ci/

Noun

βῐβλῐοθήκη • (bĭblĭothḗkē) f (genitive βῐβλῐοθήκης); first declension

1. bookcase
2. library
3. archive
4. compilation

Declension

First declension of ἡ βῐβλῐοθήκη; τῆς βῐβλῐοθήκης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ βῐβλῐοθήκη hē bĭblĭothḗkē	τὼ βῐβλῐοθήκᾱ tṑ bĭblĭothḗkā	αἱ βῐβλῐοθῆκαι hai bĭblĭothêkai
Genitive	τῆς βῐβλῐοθήκης tês bĭblĭothḗkēs	τοῖν βῐβλῐοθήκαιν toîn bĭblĭothḗkain	τῶν βῐβλῐοθηκῶν tôn bĭblĭothēkôn
Dative	τῇ βῐβλῐοθήκῃ tēî bĭblĭothḗkēi	τοῖν βῐβλῐοθήκαιν toîn bĭblĭothḗkain	ταῖς βῐβλῐοθήκαις taîs bĭblĭothḗkais
Accusative	τὴν βῐβλῐοθήκην tḕn bĭblĭothḗkēn	τὼ βῐβλῐοθήκᾱ tṑ bĭblĭothḗkā	τᾱ̀ς βῐβλῐοθήκᾱς tā̀s bĭblĭothḗkās
Vocative	βῐβλῐοθήκη bĭblĭothḗkē	βῐβλῐοθήκᾱ bĭblĭothḗkā	βῐβλῐοθῆκαι bĭblĭothêkai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: βιβλιοθήκη (vivliothíki)
• → Coptic: ⲃⲟⲩⲗⲓⲁⲑⲏⲕⲏ (bouliathēkē)
• → Georgian: ბიბლიოთეკა (biblioteḳa)
• → Latin: bibliothēca, bibliothēcē, bybliothēca, bybliothēcē (see there for further descendants)
• → Russian: вивлио́фика (vivliófika) (obsolete)

Further reading

• “βιβλιοθήκη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• βιβλιοθήκη in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• βιβλιοθήκη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2026)
• βιβλιοθήκη, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βιβλιοθήκη (bibliothḗkē). Morphologically, from βιβλί(ο) (“book”) +‎ -ο- +‎ -θήκη (“case, holster”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vivlioˈθici/
• Hyphenation: βι‧βλι‧ο‧θή‧κη

Noun

βιβλιοθήκη • (vivliothíki) f (plural βιβλιοθήκες)

1. library
2. bookcase

Declension

Declension of βιβλιοθήκη

	singular	plural
nominative	βιβλιοθήκη (vivliothíki)	βιβλιοθήκες (vivliothíkes)
genitive	βιβλιοθήκης (vivliothíkis)	βιβλιοθηκών (vivliothikón)
accusative	βιβλιοθήκη (vivliothíki)	βιβλιοθήκες (vivliothíkes)
vocative	βιβλιοθήκη (vivliothíki)	βιβλιοθήκες (vivliothíkes)

Further reading

• βιβλιοθήκη, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language