αὐλοθήκη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From αὐλός (aulós, “flute”) and -θήκη (-thḗkē, “case, box”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /au̯.lo.tʰɛ̌ː.kɛː/ → /a.βloˈθi.ci/ → /a.vloˈθi.ci/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /au̯.lo.tʰɛ̌ː.kɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aw.loˈtʰe̝.ke̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.βloˈθi.ci/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.vloˈθi.ci/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.vloˈθi.ci/

Noun

αὐλοθήκη • (aulothḗkē) f (genitive αὐλοθήκης); first declension

1. flute-case

Inflection

First declension of ἡ αὐλοθήκη; τῆς αὐλοθήκης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ αὐλοθήκη hē aulothḗkē	τὼ αὐλοθήκᾱ tṑ aulothḗkā	αἱ αὐλοθῆκαι hai aulothêkai
Genitive	τῆς αὐλοθήκης tês aulothḗkēs	τοῖν αὐλοθήκαιν toîn aulothḗkain	τῶν αὐλοθηκῶν tôn aulothēkôn
Dative	τῇ αὐλοθήκῃ têi aulothḗkēi	τοῖν αὐλοθήκαιν toîn aulothḗkain	ταῖς αὐλοθήκαις taîs aulothḗkais
Accusative	τὴν αὐλοθήκην tḕn aulothḗkēn	τὼ αὐλοθήκᾱ tṑ aulothḗkā	τᾱ̀ς αὐλοθήκᾱς tā̀s aulothḗkās
Vocative	αὐλοθήκη aulothḗkē	αὐλοθήκᾱ aulothḗkā	αὐλοθῆκαι aulothêkai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “αὐλοθήκη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• αὐλοθήκη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• αὐλοθήκη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)