ἐδεσματοθήκη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἔδεσμα (édesma, “meat, food”) +‎ -θήκη (-thḗkē, “case, box”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.dez.ma.to.tʰɛ̌ː.kɛː/ → /e.ðez.ma.toˈθi.ci/ → /e.ðez.ma.toˈθi.ci/

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

Noun

ἐδεσμᾰτοθήκη • (edesmătothḗkē) f (genitive ἐδεσμᾰτοθήκης); first declension

1. A food hamper

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἐδεσμᾰτοθήκη; τῆς ἐδεσμᾰτοθήκης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἐδεσμᾰτοθήκη hē edesmătothḗkē	τὼ ἐδεσμᾰτοθήκᾱ tṑ edesmătothḗkā	αἱ ἐδεσμᾰτοθῆκαι hai edesmătothêkai
Genitive	τῆς ἐδεσμᾰτοθήκης tês edesmătothḗkēs	τοῖν ἐδεσμᾰτοθήκαιν toîn edesmătothḗkain	τῶν ἐδεσμᾰτοθηκῶν tôn edesmătothēkôn
Dative	τῇ ἐδεσμᾰτοθήκῃ têi edesmătothḗkēi	τοῖν ἐδεσμᾰτοθήκαιν toîn edesmătothḗkain	ταῖς ἐδεσμᾰτοθήκαις taîs edesmătothḗkais
Accusative	τὴν ἐδεσμᾰτοθήκην tḕn edesmătothḗkēn	τὼ ἐδεσμᾰτοθήκᾱ tṑ edesmătothḗkā	τᾱ̀ς ἐδεσμᾰτοθήκᾱς tā̀s edesmătothḗkās
Vocative	ἐδεσμᾰτοθήκη edesmătothḗkē	ἐδεσμᾰτοθήκᾱ edesmătothḗkā	ἐδεσμᾰτοθῆκαι edesmătothêkai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἐδεσματοθήκη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἐδεσματοθήκη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette