ἀχυροθήκη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἄχυρον (ákhuron, “chaff”) and -θήκη (-thḗkē, “case, box”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.kʰy.ro.tʰɛ̌ː.kɛː/ → /a.çy.roˈθi.ci/ → /a.çi.roˈθi.ci/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.kʰy.ro.tʰɛ̌ː.kɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.kʰy.roˈtʰe̝.ke̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.çy.roˈθi.ci/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.çy.roˈθi.ci/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.çi.roˈθi.ci/

Noun

ἀχῠροθήκη • (akhŭrothḗkē) f (genitive ἀχῠροθήκης); first declension

1. A chaff holder

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἀχῠροθήκη; τῆς ἀχῠροθήκης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀχῠροθήκη hē akhŭrothḗkē	τὼ ἀχῠροθήκᾱ tṑ akhŭrothḗkā	αἱ ἀχῠροθῆκαι hai akhŭrothêkai
Genitive	τῆς ἀχῠροθήκης tês akhŭrothḗkēs	τοῖν ἀχῠροθήκαιν toîn akhŭrothḗkain	τῶν ἀχῠροθηκῶν tôn akhŭrothēkôn
Dative	τῇ ἀχῠροθήκῃ têi akhŭrothḗkēi	τοῖν ἀχῠροθήκαιν toîn akhŭrothḗkain	ταῖς ἀχῠροθήκαις taîs akhŭrothḗkais
Accusative	τὴν ἀχῠροθήκην tḕn akhŭrothḗkēn	τὼ ἀχῠροθήκᾱ tṑ akhŭrothḗkā	τᾱ̀ς ἀχῠροθήκᾱς tā̀s akhŭrothḗkās
Vocative	ἀχῠροθήκη akhŭrothḗkē	ἀχῠροθήκᾱ akhŭrothḗkā	ἀχῠροθῆκαι akhŭrothêkai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἀχυροθήκη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀχυροθήκη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)