ἱεροθήκη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἱερός (hierós, “sacred, holy”) +‎ -θήκη (-thḗkē, “case, box”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hi.e.ro.tʰɛ̌ː.kɛː/ → /i.e.roˈθi.ci/ → /i.e.roˈθi.ci/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hi.e.ro.tʰɛ̌ː.kɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)i.e.roˈtʰe̝.ke̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.e.roˈθi.ci/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.e.roˈθi.ci/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.e.roˈθi.ci/

Noun

ἱεροθήκη • (hierothḗkē) f (genitive ἱεροθήκης); first declension

1. A depositary for holy things

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἱεροθήκη; τῆς ἱεροθήκης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἱεροθήκη hē hierothḗkē	τὼ ἱεροθήκᾱ tṑ hierothḗkā	αἱ ἱεροθῆκαι hai hierothêkai
Genitive	τῆς ἱεροθήκης tês hierothḗkēs	τοῖν ἱεροθήκαιν toîn hierothḗkain	τῶν ἱεροθηκῶν tôn hierothēkôn
Dative	τῇ ἱεροθήκῃ têi hierothḗkēi	τοῖν ἱεροθήκαιν toîn hierothḗkain	ταῖς ἱεροθήκαις taîs hierothḗkais
Accusative	τὴν ἱεροθήκην tḕn hierothḗkēn	τὼ ἱεροθήκᾱ tṑ hierothḗkā	τᾱ̀ς ἱεροθήκᾱς tā̀s hierothḗkās
Vocative	ἱεροθήκη hierothḗkē	ἱεροθήκᾱ hierothḗkā	ἱεροθῆκαι hierothêkai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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