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 • (murothḗkē) 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 murothḗkē	τὼ μῠροθήκᾱ tṑ murothḗkā	αἱ μῠροθῆκαι hai murothêkai
Genitive	τῆς μῠροθήκης tês murothḗkēs	τοῖν μῠροθήκαιν toîn murothḗkain	τῶν μῠροθηκῶν tôn murothēkôn
Dative	τῇ μῠροθήκῃ têi murothḗkēi	τοῖν μῠροθήκαιν toîn murothḗkain	ταῖς μῠροθήκαις taîs murothḗkais
Accusative	τὴν μῠροθήκην tḕn murothḗkēn	τὼ μῠροθήκᾱ tṑ murothḗkā	τᾱ̀ς μῠροθήκᾱς tā̀s murothḗkās
Vocative	μῠροθήκη murothḗkē	μῠροθήκᾱ murothḗkā	μῠροθῆκαι murothêkai
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