ἐνθήκη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ἐν- (en-, “in”) +‎ -θήκη (-thḗkē, “case, chest”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /en.tʰɛ̌ː.kɛː/ → /enˈθi.ci/ → /enˈθi.ci/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /en.tʰɛ̌ː.kɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /enˈtʰe̝.ke̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /enˈθi.ci/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /enˈθi.ci/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /enˈθi.ci/

Noun

ἐνθήκη • (enthḗkē) f (genitive ἐνθήκης); first declension

1. store
   • 280 BCE – 220 BCE, Philo of Byzantium, Compendium of Mechanics 2.525
   • Sm., Ge. 41.36
   • 100 CE – 200 CE, Artemidorus, Oneirocritica 2.37
   • 534 CE, Codex Justinianus 9.49.7.1
   • 482 CE – 565 CE, Justinian, New Constitutions 128.8
2. capital
   • Phryn. 199
   • Arg.D. 36
3. insertion
   • 500 CE – 565 CE, Procopius, The Buildings of Justinian 2.1
4. enclosure
   • BGU 890.11

Declension

First declension of ἡ ἐνθήκη; τῆς ἐνθήκης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἐνθήκη hē enthḗkē	τὼ ἐνθήκᾱ tṑ enthḗkā	αἱ ἐνθῆκαι hai enthêkai
Genitive	τῆς ἐνθήκης tês enthḗkēs	τοῖν ἐνθήκαιν toîn enthḗkain	τῶν ἐνθηκῶν tôn enthēkôn
Dative	τῇ ἐνθήκῃ têi enthḗkēi	τοῖν ἐνθήκαιν toîn enthḗkain	ταῖς ἐνθήκαις taîs enthḗkais
Accusative	τὴν ἐνθήκην tḕn enthḗkēn	τὼ ἐνθήκᾱ tṑ enthḗkā	τᾱ̀ς ἐνθήκᾱς tā̀s enthḗkās
Vocative	ἐνθήκη enthḗkē	ἐνθήκᾱ enthḗkā	ἐνθῆκαι enthêkai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• (capital): ἀφορμή (aphormḗ)

Descendants

• Latin: enthēca

References

• “ἐνθήκη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἐνθήκη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἐνθήκη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)