νεκροθήκη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From νεκρός (nekrós, “corpse”) +‎ -θήκη (-thḗkē, “case, box”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ne.kro.tʰɛ̌ː.kɛː/ → /ne.kroˈθi.ci/ → /ne.kroˈθi.ci/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ne.kro.tʰɛ̌ː.kɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ne.kroˈtʰe̝.ke̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ne.kroˈθi.ci/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ne.kroˈθi.ci/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ne.kroˈθi.ci/

Noun

νεκροθήκη • (nekrothḗkē) f (genitive νεκροθήκης); first declension

1. A coffin or urn

Inflection

First declension of ἡ νεκροθήκη; τῆς νεκροθήκης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ νεκροθήκη hē nekrothḗkē	τὼ νεκροθήκᾱ tṑ nekrothḗkā	αἱ νεκροθῆκαι hai nekrothêkai
Genitive	τῆς νεκροθήκης tês nekrothḗkēs	τοῖν νεκροθήκαιν toîn nekrothḗkain	τῶν νεκροθηκῶν tôn nekrothēkôn
Dative	τῇ νεκροθήκῃ têi nekrothḗkēi	τοῖν νεκροθήκαιν toîn nekrothḗkain	ταῖς νεκροθήκαις taîs nekrothḗkais
Accusative	τὴν νεκροθήκην tḕn nekrothḗkēn	τὼ νεκροθήκᾱ tṑ nekrothḗkā	τᾱ̀ς νεκροθήκᾱς tā̀s nekrothḗkās
Vocative	νεκροθήκη nekrothḗkē	νεκροθήκᾱ nekrothḗkā	νεκροθῆκαι nekrothêkai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

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