ὑδροθήκη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὑδρο- (hudro-) (from ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”)) + -θήκη (-thḗkē, “case, box”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hy.dro.tʰɛ̌ː.kɛː/ → /y.ðroˈθi.ci/ → /i.ðroˈθi.ci/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hy.dro.tʰɛ̌ː.kɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)y.droˈtʰe̝.ke̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /y.ðroˈθi.ci/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /y.ðroˈθi.ci/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.ðroˈθi.ci/

Noun

ὑδροθήκη • (hudrothḗkē) f (genitive ὑδροθήκης); first declension

1. A reservoir, a cistern

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ὑδροθήκη; τῆς ὑδροθήκης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ὑδροθήκη hē hudrothḗkē	τὼ ὑδροθήκᾱ tṑ hudrothḗkā	αἱ ὑδροθῆκαι hai hudrothêkai
Genitive	τῆς ὑδροθήκης tês hudrothḗkēs	τοῖν ὑδροθήκαιν toîn hudrothḗkain	τῶν ὑδροθηκῶν tôn hudrothēkôn
Dative	τῇ ὑδροθήκῃ têi hudrothḗkēi	τοῖν ὑδροθήκαιν toîn hudrothḗkain	ταῖς ὑδροθήκαις taîs hudrothḗkais
Accusative	τὴν ὑδροθήκην tḕn hudrothḗkēn	τὼ ὑδροθήκᾱ tṑ hudrothḗkā	τᾱ̀ς ὑδροθήκᾱς tā̀s hudrothḗkās
Vocative	ὑδροθήκη hudrothḗkē	ὑδροθήκᾱ hudrothḗkā	ὑδροθῆκαι hudrothêkai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

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