ἀργυροθήκη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἄργυρος (árguros, “silver; money”) +‎ -θήκη (-thḗkē, “case, box”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ar.ɡy.ro.tʰɛ̌ː.kɛː/ → /ar.ʝy.roˈθi.ci/ → /ar.ʝi.roˈθi.ci/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ar.ɡy.ro.tʰɛ̌ː.kɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ar.ɡy.roˈtʰe̝.ke̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ar.ʝy.roˈθi.ci/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ar.ʝy.roˈθi.ci/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ar.ʝi.roˈθi.ci/

Noun

ἀργῠροθήκη • (argurothḗkē) f (genitive ἀργῠροθήκης); first declension

1. A money chest

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἀργῠροθήκη; τῆς ἀργῠροθήκης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀργῠροθήκη hē argurothḗkē	τὼ ἀργῠροθήκᾱ tṑ argurothḗkā	αἱ ἀργῠροθῆκαι hai argurothêkai
Genitive	τῆς ἀργῠροθήκης tês argurothḗkēs	τοῖν ἀργῠροθήκαιν toîn argurothḗkain	τῶν ἀργῠροθηκῶν tôn argurothēkôn
Dative	τῇ ἀργῠροθήκῃ têi argurothḗkēi	τοῖν ἀργῠροθήκαιν toîn argurothḗkain	ταῖς ἀργῠροθήκαις taîs argurothḗkais
Accusative	τὴν ἀργῠροθήκην tḕn argurothḗkēn	τὼ ἀργῠροθήκᾱ tṑ argurothḗkā	τᾱ̀ς ἀργῠροθήκᾱς tā̀s argurothḗkās
Vocative	ἀργῠροθήκη argurothḗkē	ἀργῠροθήκᾱ argurothḗkā	ἀργῠροθῆκαι argurothêkai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἀργυροθήκη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀργυροθήκη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀργυροθήκη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)