ἡδυσματοθήκη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἥδυσμα (hḗdusma, “spice; seasoning”) and -θήκη (-thḗkē, “case, box”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hɛː.dyz.ma.to.tʰɛ̌ː.kɛː/ → /i.ðyz.ma.toˈθi.ci/ → /i.ðiz.ma.toˈθi.ci/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hɛː.dyz.ma.to.tʰɛ̌ː.kɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)e̝.dyz.ma.toˈtʰe̝.ke̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.ðyz.ma.toˈθi.ci/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.ðyz.ma.toˈθi.ci/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.ðiz.ma.toˈθi.ci/

Noun

ἡδυσμᾰτοθήκη • (hēdusmatothḗkē) f (genitive ἡδυσμᾰτοθήκης); first declension

1. A spice box

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἡδυσματοθήκη; τῆς ἡδυσματοθήκης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἡδυσματοθήκη hē hēdusmatothḗkē	τὼ ἡδυσματοθήκᾱ tṑ hēdusmatothḗkā	αἱ ἡδυσματοθῆκαι hai hēdusmatothêkai
Genitive	τῆς ἡδυσματοθήκης tês hēdusmatothḗkēs	τοῖν ἡδυσματοθήκαιν toîn hēdusmatothḗkain	τῶν ἡδυσματοθηκῶν tôn hēdusmatothēkôn
Dative	τῇ ἡδυσματοθήκῃ têi hēdusmatothḗkēi	τοῖν ἡδυσματοθήκαιν toîn hēdusmatothḗkain	ταῖς ἡδυσματοθήκαις taîs hēdusmatothḗkais
Accusative	τὴν ἡδυσματοθήκην tḕn hēdusmatothḗkēn	τὼ ἡδυσματοθήκᾱ tṑ hēdusmatothḗkā	τᾱ̀ς ἡδυσματοθήκᾱς tā̀s hēdusmatothḗkās
Vocative	ἡδυσματοθήκη hēdusmatothḗkē	ἡδυσματοθήκᾱ hēdusmatothḗkā	ἡδυσματοθῆκαι hēdusmatothêkai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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