πινακοθήκη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πίναξ (pínax, “tablet”) +‎ -θήκη (-thḗkē, “case, box”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pi.na.ko.tʰɛ̌ː.kɛː/ → /pi.na.koˈθi.ci/ → /pi.na.koˈθi.ci/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pi.na.ko.tʰɛ̌ː.kɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pi.na.koˈtʰe̝.ke̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pi.na.koˈθi.ci/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pi.na.koˈθi.ci/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pi.na.koˈθi.ci/

Noun

πῐνᾰκοθήκη • (pinakothḗkē) f (genitive πῐνᾰκοθήκης); first declension

1. picture gallery

Inflection

First declension of ἡ πῐνᾰκοθήκη; τῆς πῐνᾰκοθήκης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ πῐνᾰκοθήκη hē pinakothḗkē	τὼ πῐνᾰκοθήκᾱ tṑ pinakothḗkā	αἱ πῐνᾰκοθῆκαι hai pinakothêkai
Genitive	τῆς πῐνᾰκοθήκης tês pinakothḗkēs	τοῖν πῐνᾰκοθήκαιν toîn pinakothḗkain	τῶν πῐνᾰκοθηκῶν tôn pinakothēkôn
Dative	τῇ πῐνᾰκοθήκῃ têi pinakothḗkēi	τοῖν πῐνᾰκοθήκαιν toîn pinakothḗkain	ταῖς πῐνᾰκοθήκαις taîs pinakothḗkais
Accusative	τὴν πῐνᾰκοθήκην tḕn pinakothḗkēn	τὼ πῐνᾰκοθήκᾱ tṑ pinakothḗkā	τᾱ̀ς πῐνᾰκοθήκᾱς tā̀s pinakothḗkās
Vocative	πῐνᾰκοθήκη pinakothḗkē	πῐνᾰκοθήκᾱ pinakothḗkā	πῐνᾰκοθῆκαι pinakothêkai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: pinacothēca
  • → Catalan: pinacoteca
  • → English: pinacotheca
  • → German: Pinakothek
    • → English: pinakothek
  • → Italian: pinacoteca
    • → Cimbrian: pinakotèk
  • → Sicilian: pinacutica
  • → Spanish: pinacoteca

Further reading

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

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Greek

Etymology

From πίνακ(ας) (pínak(as), “tablet, painting”) +‎ -ο- (-o-) +‎ -θήκη (-thíki, “case, holster”). For the modern senses, a reborrowing from German Ρinakothek from Latin pinacoteca in its modern sense.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pi.na.koˈθi.ci/
• Hyphenation: πι‧να‧κο‧θή‧κη

Noun

πινακοθήκη • (pinakothíki) f (plural πινακοθήκες)

1. art gallery
2. art collection

Declension

Declension of πινακοθήκη

	singular	plural
nominative	πινακοθήκη •	πινακοθήκες •
genitive	πινακοθήκης •	πινακοθηκών •
accusative	πινακοθήκη •	πινακοθήκες •
vocative	πινακοθήκη •	πινακοθήκες •

Synonyms

• γκαλερί f (gkalerí)