λιβανοθήκη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λίβανος (líbanos, “incense”) +‎ -θήκη (-thḗkē, “case, box”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /li.ba.no.tʰɛ̌ː.kɛː/ → /li.βa.noˈθi.ci/ → /li.va.noˈθi.ci/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /li.ba.no.tʰɛ̌ː.kɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /li.ba.noˈtʰe̝.ke̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /li.βa.noˈθi.ci/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /li.va.noˈθi.ci/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /li.va.noˈθi.ci/

Noun

λῐβᾰνοθήκη • (libanothḗkē) f (genitive λῐβᾰνοθήκης); first declension

1. incense box

Inflection

First declension of ἡ λῐβᾰνοθήκη; τῆς λῐβᾰνοθήκης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ λῐβᾰνοθήκη hē libanothḗkē	τὼ λῐβᾰνοθήκᾱ tṑ libanothḗkā	αἱ λῐβᾰνοθῆκαι hai libanothêkai
Genitive	τῆς λῐβᾰνοθήκης tês libanothḗkēs	τοῖν λῐβᾰνοθήκαιν toîn libanothḗkain	τῶν λῐβᾰνοθηκῶν tôn libanothēkôn
Dative	τῇ λῐβᾰνοθήκῃ têi libanothḗkēi	τοῖν λῐβᾰνοθήκαιν toîn libanothḗkain	ταῖς λῐβᾰνοθήκαις taîs libanothḗkais
Accusative	τὴν λῐβᾰνοθήκην tḕn libanothḗkēn	τὼ λῐβᾰνοθήκᾱ tṑ libanothḗkā	τᾱ̀ς λῐβᾰνοθήκᾱς tā̀s libanothḗkās
Vocative	λῐβᾰνοθήκη libanothḗkē	λῐβᾰνοθήκᾱ libanothḗkā	λῐβᾰνοθῆκαι libanothêkai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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