ῥαφιδοθήκη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ῥαφίς (rhaphís, “needle”) and -θήκη (-thḗkē, “case, box”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /r̥a.pʰi.do.tʰɛ̌ː.kɛː/ → /ra.ɸi.ðoˈθi.ci/ → /ra.fi.ðoˈθi.ci/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /r̥a.pʰi.do.tʰɛ̌ː.kɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ra.pʰi.doˈtʰe̝.ke̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ra.ɸi.ðoˈθi.ci/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ra.fi.ðoˈθi.ci/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ra.fi.ðoˈθi.ci/

Noun

ῥαφιδοθήκη • (rhaphidothḗkē) f (genitive ῥαφιδοθήκης); first declension

1. A needlecase

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ῥαφιδοθήκη; τῆς ῥαφιδοθήκης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ῥαφιδοθήκη hē rhaphidothḗkē	τὼ ῥαφιδοθήκᾱ tṑ rhaphidothḗkā	αἱ ῥαφιδοθῆκαι hai rhaphidothêkai
Genitive	τῆς ῥαφιδοθήκης tês rhaphidothḗkēs	τοῖν ῥαφιδοθήκαιν toîn rhaphidothḗkain	τῶν ῥαφιδοθηκῶν tôn rhaphidothēkôn
Dative	τῇ ῥαφιδοθήκῃ têi rhaphidothḗkēi	τοῖν ῥαφιδοθήκαιν toîn rhaphidothḗkain	ταῖς ῥαφιδοθήκαις taîs rhaphidothḗkais
Accusative	τὴν ῥαφιδοθήκην tḕn rhaphidothḗkēn	τὼ ῥαφιδοθήκᾱ tṑ rhaphidothḗkā	τᾱ̀ς ῥαφιδοθήκᾱς tā̀s rhaphidothḗkās
Vocative	ῥαφιδοθήκη rhaphidothḗkē	ῥαφιδοθήκᾱ rhaphidothḗkā	ῥαφιδοθῆκαι rhaphidothêkai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

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