ξυλοθήκη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ξύλον (xúlon, “wood”) +‎ -θήκη (-thḗkē, “case, box”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ksy.lo.tʰɛ̌ː.kɛː/ → /ksy.loˈθi.ci/ → /ksi.loˈθi.ci/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ksy.lo.tʰɛ̌ː.kɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ksy.loˈtʰe̝.ke̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ksy.loˈθi.ci/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ksy.loˈθi.ci/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ksi.loˈθi.ci/

Noun

ξῠλοθήκη • (xŭlothḗkē) f (genitive ξῠλοθήκης); first declension

1. A woodhouse

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ξῠλοθήκη; τῆς ξῠλοθήκης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ξῠλοθήκη hē xŭlothḗkē	τὼ ξῠλοθήκᾱ tṑ xŭlothḗkā	αἱ ξῠλοθῆκαι hai xŭlothêkai
Genitive	τῆς ξῠλοθήκης tês xŭlothḗkēs	τοῖν ξῠλοθήκαιν toîn xŭlothḗkain	τῶν ξῠλοθηκῶν tôn xŭlothēkôn
Dative	τῇ ξῠλοθήκῃ têi xŭlothḗkēi	τοῖν ξῠλοθήκαιν toîn xŭlothḗkain	ταῖς ξῠλοθήκαις taîs xŭlothḗkais
Accusative	τὴν ξῠλοθήκην tḕn xŭlothḗkēn	τὼ ξῠλοθήκᾱ tṑ xŭlothḗkā	τᾱ̀ς ξῠλοθήκᾱς tā̀s xŭlothḗkās
Vocative	ξῠλοθήκη xŭlothḗkē	ξῠλοθήκᾱ xŭlothḗkā	ξῠλοθῆκαι xŭlothêkai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

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