ἀνδριαντοθήκη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀνδριάς (andriás, “statue”) +‎ -θήκη (-thḗkē, “case, box”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /an.dri.an.to.tʰɛ̌ː.kɛː/ → /an.dri.an.toˈθi.ci/ → /an.dri.an.doˈθi.ci/

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

Noun

ἀνδρῐαντοθήκη • (andrĭantothḗkē) f (genitive ἀνδρῐαντοθήκης); first declension

1. (architecture) niche for a statue

   Synonym: ἀγαλματοθήκη (agalmatothḗkē)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἀνδρῐαντοθήκη; τῆς ἀνδρῐαντοθήκης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀνδρῐαντοθήκη hē andrĭantothḗkē	τὼ ἀνδρῐαντοθήκᾱ tṑ andrĭantothḗkā	αἱ ἀνδρῐαντοθῆκαι hai andrĭantothêkai
Genitive	τῆς ἀνδρῐαντοθήκης tês andrĭantothḗkēs	τοῖν ἀνδρῐαντοθήκαιν toîn andrĭantothḗkain	τῶν ἀνδρῐαντοθηκῶν tôn andrĭantothēkôn
Dative	τῇ ἀνδρῐαντοθήκῃ têi andrĭantothḗkēi	τοῖν ἀνδρῐαντοθήκαιν toîn andrĭantothḗkain	ταῖς ἀνδρῐαντοθήκαις taîs andrĭantothḗkais
Accusative	τὴν ἀνδρῐαντοθήκην tḕn andrĭantothḗkēn	τὼ ἀνδρῐαντοθήκᾱ tṑ andrĭantothḗkā	τᾱ̀ς ἀνδρῐαντοθήκᾱς tā̀s andrĭantothḗkās
Vocative	ἀνδρῐαντοθήκη andrĭantothḗkē	ἀνδρῐαντοθήκᾱ andrĭantothḗkā	ἀνδρῐαντοθῆκαι andrĭantothêkai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἀνδριαντοθήκη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀνδριαντοθήκη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀνδριαντοθήκη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)