ἁλοθήκη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἅλς (háls, “salt”) and -θήκη (-thḗkē, “case, box”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ha.lo.tʰɛ̌ː.kɛː/ → /a.loˈθi.ci/ → /a.loˈθi.ci/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ha.lo.tʰɛ̌ː.kɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)a.loˈtʰe̝.ke̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.loˈθi.ci/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.loˈθi.ci/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.loˈθi.ci/

Noun

ᾰ̔λοθήκη • (hălothḗkē) f (genitive ᾰ̔λοθήκης); first declension

1. saltbox

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ᾰ̔λοθήκη; τῆς ᾰ̔λοθήκης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ᾰ̔λοθήκη hē hălothḗkē	τὼ ᾰ̔λοθήκᾱ tṑ hălothḗkā	αἱ ᾰ̔λοθῆκαι hai hălothêkai
Genitive	τῆς ᾰ̔λοθήκης tês hălothḗkēs	τοῖν ᾰ̔λοθήκαιν toîn hălothḗkain	τῶν ᾰ̔λοθηκῶν tôn hălothēkôn
Dative	τῇ ᾰ̔λοθήκῃ têi hălothḗkēi	τοῖν ᾰ̔λοθήκαιν toîn hălothḗkain	ταῖς ᾰ̔λοθήκαις taîs hălothḗkais
Accusative	τὴν ᾰ̔λοθήκην tḕn hălothḗkēn	τὼ ᾰ̔λοθήκᾱ tṑ hălothḗkā	τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̔λοθήκᾱς tā̀s hălothḗkās
Vocative	ᾰ̔λοθήκη hălothḗkē	ᾰ̔λοθήκᾱ hălothḗkā	ᾰ̔λοθῆκαι hălothêkai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

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