ξυλοθήκη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ξύλον (xúlon, “wood”) +‎ -θήκη (-thḗkē, “case, box”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ksy.lo.tʰɛ̌ː.kɛː/ → /ksy.loˈθi.ci/ → /ksi.loˈθi.ci/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ksy.lo.tʰɛ̌ː.kɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ksy.loˈtʰe̝.ke̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ksy.loˈθi.ci/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ksy.loˈθi.ci/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ksi.loˈθi.ci/

Noun

ξῠλοθήκη • (xulothḗkē) f (genitive ξῠλοθήκης); first declension

1. A woodhouse

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ξῠλοθήκη; τῆς ξῠλοθήκης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ξῠλοθήκη hē xulothḗkē	τὼ ξῠλοθήκᾱ tṑ xulothḗkā	αἱ ξῠλοθῆκαι hai xulothêkai
Genitive	τῆς ξῠλοθήκης tês xulothḗkēs	τοῖν ξῠλοθήκαιν toîn xulothḗkain	τῶν ξῠλοθηκῶν tôn xulothēkôn
Dative	τῇ ξῠλοθήκῃ têi xulothḗkēi	τοῖν ξῠλοθήκαιν toîn xulothḗkain	ταῖς ξῠλοθήκαις taîs xulothḗkais
Accusative	τὴν ξῠλοθήκην tḕn xulothḗkēn	τὼ ξῠλοθήκᾱ tṑ xulothḗkā	τᾱ̀ς ξῠλοθήκᾱς tā̀s xulothḗkās
Vocative	ξῠλοθήκη xulothḗkē	ξῠλοθήκᾱ xulothḗkā	ξῠλοθῆκαι xulothêkai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

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