λιβανοθήκη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λίβανος (líbanos, “incense”) +‎ -θήκη (-thḗkē, “case, box”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /li.ba.no.tʰɛ̌ː.kɛː/ → /li.βa.noˈθi.ci/ → /li.va.noˈθi.ci/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /li.ba.no.tʰɛ̌ː.kɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /li.ba.noˈtʰe̝.ke̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /li.βa.noˈθi.ci/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /li.va.noˈθi.ci/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /li.va.noˈθi.ci/

Noun

λῐβᾰνοθήκη • (lĭbănothḗkē) f (genitive λῐβᾰνοθήκης); first declension

1. incense box

Inflection

First declension of ἡ λῐβᾰνοθήκη; τῆς λῐβᾰνοθήκης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ λῐβᾰνοθήκη hē lĭbănothḗkē	τὼ λῐβᾰνοθήκᾱ tṑ lĭbănothḗkā	αἱ λῐβᾰνοθῆκαι hai lĭbănothêkai
Genitive	τῆς λῐβᾰνοθήκης tês lĭbănothḗkēs	τοῖν λῐβᾰνοθήκαιν toîn lĭbănothḗkain	τῶν λῐβᾰνοθηκῶν tôn lĭbănothēkôn
Dative	τῇ λῐβᾰνοθήκῃ têi lĭbănothḗkēi	τοῖν λῐβᾰνοθήκαιν toîn lĭbănothḗkain	ταῖς λῐβᾰνοθήκαις taîs lĭbănothḗkais
Accusative	τὴν λῐβᾰνοθήκην tḕn lĭbănothḗkēn	τὼ λῐβᾰνοθήκᾱ tṑ lĭbănothḗkā	τᾱ̀ς λῐβᾰνοθήκᾱς tā̀s lĭbănothḗkās
Vocative	λῐβᾰνοθήκη lĭbănothḗkē	λῐβᾰνοθήκᾱ lĭbănothḗkā	λῐβᾰνοθῆκαι lĭbănothêkai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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