καλαμοθήκη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κάλαμος (kálamos, “reed”) +‎ -θήκη (-thḗkē, “case, box”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ka.la.mo.tʰɛ̌ː.kɛː/ → /ka.la.moˈθi.ci/ → /ka.la.moˈθi.ci/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ka.la.mo.tʰɛ̌ː.kɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ka.la.moˈtʰe̝.ke̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ka.la.moˈθi.ci/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ka.la.moˈθi.ci/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ka.la.moˈθi.ci/

Noun

κᾰλᾰμοθήκη • (kălămothḗkē) f (genitive κᾰλᾰμοθήκης); first declension

1. reed-case

Inflection

First declension of ἡ κᾰλᾰμοθήκη; τῆς κᾰλᾰμοθήκης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κᾰλᾰμοθήκη hē kălămothḗkē	τὼ κᾰλᾰμοθήκᾱ tṑ kălămothḗkā	αἱ κᾰλᾰμοθῆκαι hai kălămothêkai
Genitive	τῆς κᾰλᾰμοθήκης tês kălămothḗkēs	τοῖν κᾰλᾰμοθήκαιν toîn kălămothḗkain	τῶν κᾰλᾰμοθηκῶν tôn kălămothēkôn
Dative	τῇ κᾰλᾰμοθήκῃ têi kălămothḗkēi	τοῖν κᾰλᾰμοθήκαιν toîn kălămothḗkain	ταῖς κᾰλᾰμοθήκαις taîs kălămothḗkais
Accusative	τὴν κᾰλᾰμοθήκην tḕn kălămothḗkēn	τὼ κᾰλᾰμοθήκᾱ tṑ kălămothḗkā	τᾱ̀ς κᾰλᾰμοθήκᾱς tā̀s kălămothḗkās
Vocative	κᾰλᾰμοθήκη kălămothḗkē	κᾰλᾰμοθήκᾱ kălămothḗkā	κᾰλᾰμοθῆκαι kălămothêkai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “καλαμοθήκη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press