βιβλιοθήκη
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From βιβλίον (biblíon, “book”) + -θήκη (-thḗkē, “box, chest”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /bi.bli.o.tʰɛ̌ː.kɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /bi.bli.oˈtʰe̝.ke̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /βi.βli.oˈθi.ci/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /vi.vli.oˈθi.ci/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /vi.vli.oˈθi.ci/
Noun
[edit]βῐβλῐοθήκη • (bibliothḗkē) f (genitive βῐβλῐοθήκης); first declension
- bookcase
- library
- records office
- compilation
Inflection
[edit]Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ βῐβλῐοθήκη hē bibliothḗkē |
τὼ βῐβλῐοθήκᾱ tṑ bibliothḗkā |
αἱ βῐβλῐοθῆκαι hai bibliothêkai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς βῐβλῐοθήκης tês bibliothḗkēs |
τοῖν βῐβλῐοθήκαιν toîn bibliothḗkain |
τῶν βῐβλῐοθηκῶν tôn bibliothēkôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ βῐβλῐοθήκῃ têi bibliothḗkēi |
τοῖν βῐβλῐοθήκαιν toîn bibliothḗkain |
ταῖς βῐβλῐοθήκαις taîs bibliothḗkais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν βῐβλῐοθήκην tḕn bibliothḗkēn |
τὼ βῐβλῐοθήκᾱ tṑ bibliothḗkā |
τᾱ̀ς βῐβλῐοθήκᾱς tā̀s bibliothḗkās | ||||||||||
Vocative | βῐβλῐοθήκη bibliothḗkē |
βῐβλῐοθήκᾱ bibliothḗkā |
βῐβλῐοθῆκαι bibliothêkai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
[edit]- 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
[edit]- “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 (2006–2024)
- “βιβλιοθήκη”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek βιβλιοθήκη (bibliothḗkē). Morphologically, from βιβλί(ο) (“book”) + -ο- + -θήκη (“case, holster”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]βιβλιοθήκη • (vivliothíki) f (plural βιβλιοθήκες)
Declension
[edit]Declension of βιβλιοθήκη
singular | plural | |
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nominative | βιβλιοθήκη • | βιβλιοθήκες • |
genitive | βιβλιοθήκης • | βιβλιοθηκών • |
accusative | βιβλιοθήκη • | βιβλιοθήκες • |
vocative | βιβλιοθήκη • | βιβλιοθήκες • |
Further reading
[edit]- βιβλιοθήκη, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
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