φαρμακοθήκη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From φάρμακον (phármakon, “drug”) +‎ -θήκη (-thḗkē, “case, box”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰar.ma.ko.tʰɛ̌ː.kɛː/ → /ɸar.ma.koˈθi.ci/ → /far.ma.koˈθi.ci/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰar.ma.ko.tʰɛ̌ː.kɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pʰar.ma.koˈtʰe̝.ke̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɸar.ma.koˈθi.ci/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /far.ma.koˈθi.ci/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /far.ma.koˈθi.ci/

Noun

φαρμᾰκοθήκη • (pharmăkothḗkē) f (genitive φαρμᾰκοθήκης); first declension

1. A medicine-chest

Inflection

First declension of ἡ φαρμᾰκοθήκη; τῆς φαρμᾰκοθήκης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ φαρμᾰκοθήκη hē pharmăkothḗkē	τὼ φαρμᾰκοθήκᾱ tṑ pharmăkothḗkā	αἱ φαρμᾰκοθῆκαι hai pharmăkothêkai
Genitive	τῆς φαρμᾰκοθήκης tês pharmăkothḗkēs	τοῖν φαρμᾰκοθήκαιν toîn pharmăkothḗkain	τῶν φαρμᾰκοθηκῶν tôn pharmăkothēkôn
Dative	τῇ φαρμᾰκοθήκῃ têi pharmăkothḗkēi	τοῖν φαρμᾰκοθήκαιν toîn pharmăkothḗkain	ταῖς φαρμᾰκοθήκαις taîs pharmăkothḗkais
Accusative	τὴν φαρμᾰκοθήκην tḕn pharmăkothḗkēn	τὼ φαρμᾰκοθήκᾱ tṑ pharmăkothḗkā	τᾱ̀ς φαρμᾰκοθήκᾱς tā̀s pharmăkothḗkās
Vocative	φαρμᾰκοθήκη pharmăkothḗkē	φαρμᾰκοθήκᾱ pharmăkothḗkā	φαρμᾰκοθῆκαι pharmăkothêkai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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