χαρτοθήκη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χάρτης (khártēs, “sheet of paper, book”) and -θήκη (-thḗkē, “case, box”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰar.to.tʰɛ̌ː.kɛː/ → /xar.toˈθi.ci/ → /xar.toˈθi.ci/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰar.to.tʰɛ̌ː.kɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰar.toˈtʰe̝.ke̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /xar.toˈθi.ci/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /xar.toˈθi.ci/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /xar.toˈθi.ci/

Noun

χᾰρτοθήκη • (khărtothḗkē) f (genitive χᾰρτοθήκης); first declension

1. case or chest for books or papers

Inflection

First declension of ἡ χᾰρτοθήκη; τῆς χᾰρτοθήκης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ χᾰρτοθήκη hē khărtothḗkē	τὼ χᾰρτοθήκᾱ tṑ khărtothḗkā	αἱ χᾰρτοθῆκαι hai khărtothêkai
Genitive	τῆς χᾰρτοθήκης tês khărtothḗkēs	τοῖν χᾰρτοθήκαιν toîn khărtothḗkain	τῶν χᾰρτοθηκῶν tôn khărtothēkôn
Dative	τῇ χᾰρτοθήκῃ têi khărtothḗkēi	τοῖν χᾰρτοθήκαιν toîn khărtothḗkain	ταῖς χᾰρτοθήκαις taîs khărtothḗkais
Accusative	τὴν χᾰρτοθήκην tḕn khărtothḗkēn	τὼ χᾰρτοθήκᾱ tṑ khărtothḗkā	τᾱ̀ς χᾰρτοθήκᾱς tā̀s khărtothḗkās
Vocative	χᾰρτοθήκη khărtothḗkē	χᾰρτοθήκᾱ khărtothḗkā	χᾰρτοθῆκαι khărtothêkai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

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