ξιφοθήκη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ξίφος (xíphos, “sword”) +‎ -θήκη (-thḗkē, “case, box”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ksi.pʰo.tʰɛ̌ː.kɛː/ → /ksi.ɸoˈθi.ci/ → /ksi.foˈθi.ci/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ksi.pʰo.tʰɛ̌ː.kɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ksi.pʰoˈtʰe̝.ke̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ksi.ɸoˈθi.ci/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ksi.foˈθi.ci/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ksi.foˈθi.ci/

Noun

ξῐφοθήκη • (xĭphothḗkē) f (genitive ξῐφοθήκης); first declension

1. scabbard

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ξῐφοθήκη; τῆς ξῐφοθήκης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ξῐφοθήκη hē xĭphothḗkē	τὼ ξῐφοθήκᾱ tṑ xĭphothḗkā	αἱ ξῐφοθῆκαι hai xĭphothêkai
Genitive	τῆς ξῐφοθήκης tês xĭphothḗkēs	τοῖν ξῐφοθήκαιν toîn xĭphothḗkain	τῶν ξῐφοθηκῶν tôn xĭphothēkôn
Dative	τῇ ξῐφοθήκῃ têi xĭphothḗkēi	τοῖν ξῐφοθήκαιν toîn xĭphothḗkain	ταῖς ξῐφοθήκαις taîs xĭphothḗkais
Accusative	τὴν ξῐφοθήκην tḕn xĭphothḗkēn	τὼ ξῐφοθήκᾱ tṑ xĭphothḗkā	τᾱ̀ς ξῐφοθήκᾱς tā̀s xĭphothḗkās
Vocative	ξῐφοθήκη xĭphothḗkē	ξῐφοθήκᾱ xĭphothḗkā	ξῐφοθῆκαι xĭphothêkai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Translingual: Xiphotheca

References

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