μαχαιροθήκη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μάχαιρα (mákhaira, “large knife”) +‎ -θήκη (-thḗkē, “case, box”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ma.kʰai̯.ro.tʰɛ̌ː.kɛː/ → /ma.çɛ.roˈθi.ci/ → /ma.çe.roˈθi.ci/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ma.kʰai̯.ro.tʰɛ̌ː.kɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ma.kʰɛ.roˈtʰe̝.ke̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ma.çɛ.roˈθi.ci/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ma.çe.roˈθi.ci/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ma.çe.roˈθi.ci/

Noun

μᾰχαιροθήκη • (makhairothḗkē) f (genitive μᾰχαιροθήκης); first declension

1. A case for knives

Inflection

First declension of ἡ μᾰχαιροθήκη; τῆς μᾰχαιροθήκης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ μᾰχαιροθήκη hē makhairothḗkē	τὼ μᾰχαιροθήκᾱ tṑ makhairothḗkā	αἱ μᾰχαιροθῆκαι hai makhairothêkai
Genitive	τῆς μᾰχαιροθήκης tês makhairothḗkēs	τοῖν μᾰχαιροθήκαιν toîn makhairothḗkain	τῶν μᾰχαιροθηκῶν tôn makhairothēkôn
Dative	τῇ μᾰχαιροθήκῃ têi makhairothḗkēi	τοῖν μᾰχαιροθήκαιν toîn makhairothḗkain	ταῖς μᾰχαιροθήκαις taîs makhairothḗkais
Accusative	τὴν μᾰχαιροθήκην tḕn makhairothḗkēn	τὼ μᾰχαιροθήκᾱ tṑ makhairothḗkā	τᾱ̀ς μᾰχαιροθήκᾱς tā̀s makhairothḗkās
Vocative	μᾰχαιροθήκη makhairothḗkē	μᾰχαιροθήκᾱ makhairothḗkā	μᾰχαιροθῆκαι makhairothêkai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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