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 • (xiphothḗkē) f (genitive ξῐφοθήκης); first declension

1. scabbard

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ξῐφοθήκη; τῆς ξῐφοθήκης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ξῐφοθήκη hē xiphothḗkē	τὼ ξῐφοθήκᾱ tṑ xiphothḗkā	αἱ ξῐφοθῆκαι hai xiphothêkai
Genitive	τῆς ξῐφοθήκης tês xiphothḗkēs	τοῖν ξῐφοθήκαιν toîn xiphothḗkain	τῶν ξῐφοθηκῶν tôn xiphothēkôn
Dative	τῇ ξῐφοθήκῃ têi xiphothḗkēi	τοῖν ξῐφοθήκαιν toîn xiphothḗkain	ταῖς ξῐφοθήκαις taîs xiphothḗkais
Accusative	τὴν ξῐφοθήκην tḕn xiphothḗkēn	τὼ ξῐφοθήκᾱ tṑ xiphothḗkā	τᾱ̀ς ξῐφοθήκᾱς tā̀s xiphothḗkās
Vocative	ξῐφοθήκη xiphothḗkē	ξῐφοθήκᾱ xiphothḗkā	ξῐφοθῆκαι xiphothêkai
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