γραφιοθήκη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From γραφεῖον (grapheîon, “pencil”) +‎ -θήκη (-thḗkē, “case, box”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡra.pʰiː.o.tʰɛ̌ː.kɛː/ → /ɣra.ɸi.oˈθi.ci/ → /ɣra.fi.oˈθi.ci/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡra.pʰiː.o.tʰɛ̌ː.kɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɡra.pʰi.oˈtʰe̝.ke̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɣra.ɸi.oˈθi.ci/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ɣra.fi.oˈθi.ci/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ɣra.fi.oˈθi.ci/

Noun

γρᾰφῑοθήκη • (graphīothḗkē) f (genitive γρᾰφῑοθήκης); first declension

1. A pencil case

Inflection

First declension of ἡ γρᾰφῑοθήκη; τῆς γρᾰφῑοθήκης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ γρᾰφῑοθήκη hē graphīothḗkē	τὼ γρᾰφῑοθήκᾱ tṑ graphīothḗkā	αἱ γρᾰφῑοθῆκαι hai graphīothêkai
Genitive	τῆς γρᾰφῑοθήκης tês graphīothḗkēs	τοῖν γρᾰφῑοθήκαιν toîn graphīothḗkain	τῶν γρᾰφῑοθηκῶν tôn graphīothēkôn
Dative	τῇ γρᾰφῑοθήκῃ têi graphīothḗkēi	τοῖν γρᾰφῑοθήκαιν toîn graphīothḗkain	ταῖς γρᾰφῑοθήκαις taîs graphīothḗkais
Accusative	τὴν γρᾰφῑοθήκην tḕn graphīothḗkēn	τὼ γρᾰφῑοθήκᾱ tṑ graphīothḗkā	τᾱ̀ς γρᾰφῑοθήκᾱς tā̀s graphīothḗkās
Vocative	γρᾰφῑοθήκη graphīothḗkē	γρᾰφῑοθήκᾱ graphīothḗkā	γρᾰφῑοθῆκαι graphīothêkai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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