χρυσωματοθήκη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χρῡ́σωμα (khrū́sōma, “gold plate”) +‎ -θήκη (-thḗkē, “case, box”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰryː.sɔː.ma.to.tʰɛ̌ː.kɛː/ → /xry.so.ma.toˈθi.ci/ → /xri.so.ma.toˈθi.ci/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰryː.sɔː.ma.to.tʰɛ̌ː.kɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰry.so.ma.toˈtʰe̝.ke̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /xry.so.ma.toˈθi.ci/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /xry.so.ma.toˈθi.ci/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /xri.so.ma.toˈθi.ci/

Noun

χρῡσωμᾰτοθήκη • (khrūsōmatothḗkē) f (genitive χρῡσωμᾰτοθήκης); first declension

1. A plate chest

Inflection

First declension of ἡ χρῡσωμᾰτοθήκη; τῆς χρῡσωμᾰτοθήκης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ χρῡσωμᾰτοθήκη hē khrūsōmatothḗkē	τὼ χρῡσωμᾰτοθήκᾱ tṑ khrūsōmatothḗkā	αἱ χρῡσωμᾰτοθῆκαι hai khrūsōmatothêkai
Genitive	τῆς χρῡσωμᾰτοθήκης tês khrūsōmatothḗkēs	τοῖν χρῡσωμᾰτοθήκαιν toîn khrūsōmatothḗkain	τῶν χρῡσωμᾰτοθηκῶν tôn khrūsōmatothēkôn
Dative	τῇ χρῡσωμᾰτοθήκῃ têi khrūsōmatothḗkēi	τοῖν χρῡσωμᾰτοθήκαιν toîn khrūsōmatothḗkain	ταῖς χρῡσωμᾰτοθήκαις taîs khrūsōmatothḗkais
Accusative	τὴν χρῡσωμᾰτοθήκην tḕn khrūsōmatothḗkēn	τὼ χρῡσωμᾰτοθήκᾱ tṑ khrūsōmatothḗkā	τᾱ̀ς χρῡσωμᾰτοθήκᾱς tā̀s khrūsōmatothḗkās
Vocative	χρῡσωμᾰτοθήκη khrūsōmatothḗkē	χρῡσωμᾰτοθήκᾱ khrūsōmatothḗkā	χρῡσωμᾰτοθῆκαι khrūsōmatothêkai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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