ζωθήκη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ζωή (zōḗ, “life”) and -θήκη (-thḗkē, “case, box”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /zdɔː.tʰɛ̌ː.kɛː/ → /zoˈθi.ci/ → /zoˈθi.ci/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /zdɔː.tʰɛ̌ː.kɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /zoˈtʰe̝.ke̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /zoˈθi.ci/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /zoˈθi.ci/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /zoˈθi.ci/

Noun

ζωθήκη • (zōthḗkē) f (genitive ζωθήκης); first declension

1. A small room wherein to rest by day
2. A niche in a wall, used as a chapel

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ζωθήκη; τῆς ζωθήκης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ζωθήκη hē zōthḗkē	τὼ ζωθήκᾱ tṑ zōthḗkā	αἱ ζωθῆκαι hai zōthêkai
Genitive	τῆς ζωθήκης tês zōthḗkēs	τοῖν ζωθήκαιν toîn zōthḗkain	τῶν ζωθηκῶν tôn zōthēkôn
Dative	τῇ ζωθήκῃ têi zōthḗkēi	τοῖν ζωθήκαιν toîn zōthḗkain	ταῖς ζωθήκαις taîs zōthḗkais
Accusative	τὴν ζωθήκην tḕn zōthḗkēn	τὼ ζωθήκᾱ tṑ zōthḗkā	τᾱ̀ς ζωθήκᾱς tā̀s zōthḗkās
Vocative	ζωθήκη zōthḗkē	ζωθήκᾱ zōthḗkā	ζωθῆκαι zōthêkai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: zōthēca

References

• “ζωθήκη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press