ποτηροθήκη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ποτήρ (potḗr, “drinking-cup”) +‎ -θήκη (-thḗkē, “case, box”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /po.tɛː.ro.tʰɛ̌ː.kɛː/ → /po.ti.roˈθi.ci/ → /po.ti.roˈθi.ci/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /po.tɛː.ro.tʰɛ̌ː.kɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /po.te̝.roˈtʰe̝.ke̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /po.ti.roˈθi.ci/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /po.ti.roˈθi.ci/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /po.ti.roˈθi.ci/

Noun

ποτηροθήκη • (potērothḗkē) f (genitive ποτηροθήκης); first declension

1. table for setting out cups, sideboard, buffet

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ποτηροθήκη; τῆς ποτηροθήκης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ποτηροθήκη hē potērothḗkē	τὼ ποτηροθήκᾱ tṑ potērothḗkā	αἱ ποτηροθῆκαι hai potērothêkai
Genitive	τῆς ποτηροθήκης tês potērothḗkēs	τοῖν ποτηροθήκαιν toîn potērothḗkain	τῶν ποτηροθηκῶν tôn potērothēkôn
Dative	τῇ ποτηροθήκῃ têi potērothḗkēi	τοῖν ποτηροθήκαιν toîn potērothḗkain	ταῖς ποτηροθήκαις taîs potērothḗkais
Accusative	τὴν ποτηροθήκην tḕn potērothḗkēn	τὼ ποτηροθήκᾱ tṑ potērothḗkā	τᾱ̀ς ποτηροθήκᾱς tā̀s potērothḗkās
Vocative	ποτηροθήκη potērothḗkē	ποτηροθήκᾱ potērothḗkā	ποτηροθῆκαι potērothêkai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “ποτηροθήκη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press