μυροθήκη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μύρον (múron, “unguent, perfume”) +‎ -θήκη (-thḗkē, “case, box”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /my.ro.tʰɛ̌ː.kɛː/ → /my.roˈθi.ci/ → /mi.roˈθi.ci/

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

Noun

μῠροθήκη • (mŭrothḗkē) f (genitive μῠροθήκης); first declension

1. A box of unguent

Inflection

First declension of ἡ μῠροθήκη; τῆς μῠροθήκης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ μῠροθήκη hē mŭrothḗkē	τὼ μῠροθήκᾱ tṑ mŭrothḗkā	αἱ μῠροθῆκαι hai mŭrothêkai
Genitive	τῆς μῠροθήκης tês mŭrothḗkēs	τοῖν μῠροθήκαιν toîn mŭrothḗkain	τῶν μῠροθηκῶν tôn mŭrothēkôn
Dative	τῇ μῠροθήκῃ têi mŭrothḗkēi	τοῖν μῠροθήκαιν toîn mŭrothḗkain	ταῖς μῠροθήκαις taîs mŭrothḗkais
Accusative	τὴν μῠροθήκην tḕn mŭrothḗkēn	τὼ μῠροθήκᾱ tṑ mŭrothḗkā	τᾱ̀ς μῠροθήκᾱς tā̀s mŭrothḗkās
Vocative	μῠροθήκη mŭrothḗkē	μῠροθήκᾱ mŭrothḗkā	μῠροθῆκαι mŭrothêkai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

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