κυμινοθήκη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κύμινον (kúminon, “cummin”) +‎ -θήκη (-thḗkē, “case, box”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ky.miː.no.tʰɛ̌ː.kɛː/ → /cy.mi.noˈθi.ci/ → /ci.mi.noˈθi.ci/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ky.miː.no.tʰɛ̌ː.kɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ky.mi.noˈtʰe̝.ke̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /cy.mi.noˈθi.ci/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /cy.mi.noˈθi.ci/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ci.mi.noˈθi.ci/

Noun

κῠμῑνοθήκη • (kumīnothḗkē) f (genitive κῠμῑνοθήκης); first declension

1. box for cummin, spice-box, placed on the table like a salt cellar

Inflection

First declension of ἡ κῠμῑνοθήκη; τῆς κῠμῑνοθήκης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κῠμῑνοθήκη hē kumīnothḗkē	τὼ κῠμῑνοθήκᾱ tṑ kumīnothḗkā	αἱ κῠμῑνοθῆκαι hai kumīnothêkai
Genitive	τῆς κῠμῑνοθήκης tês kumīnothḗkēs	τοῖν κῠμῑνοθήκαιν toîn kumīnothḗkain	τῶν κῠμῑνοθηκῶν tôn kumīnothēkôn
Dative	τῇ κῠμῑνοθήκῃ têi kumīnothḗkēi	τοῖν κῠμῑνοθήκαιν toîn kumīnothḗkain	ταῖς κῠμῑνοθήκαις taîs kumīnothḗkais
Accusative	τὴν κῠμῑνοθήκην tḕn kumīnothḗkēn	τὼ κῠμῑνοθήκᾱ tṑ kumīnothḗkā	τᾱ̀ς κῠμῑνοθήκᾱς tā̀s kumīnothḗkās
Vocative	κῠμῑνοθήκη kumīnothḗkē	κῠμῑνοθήκᾱ kumīnothḗkā	κῠμῑνοθῆκαι kumīnothêkai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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