οἰνοθήκη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From οἶνος (oînos, “wine”) +‎ -θήκη (-thḗkē, “case, box”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /oi̯.no.tʰɛ̌ː.kɛː/ → /y.noˈθi.ci/ → /i.noˈθi.ci/

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

Noun

οἰνοθήκη • (oinothḗkē) f (genitive οἰνοθήκης); first declension

1. A wine cellar

   Synonym: οἰνών (oinṓn)

2. A wine cask

Inflection

First declension of ἡ οἰνοθήκη; τῆς οἰνοθήκης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ οἰνοθήκη hē oinothḗkē	τὼ οἰνοθήκᾱ tṑ oinothḗkā	αἱ οἰνοθῆκαι hai oinothêkai
Genitive	τῆς οἰνοθήκης tês oinothḗkēs	τοῖν οἰνοθήκαιν toîn oinothḗkain	τῶν οἰνοθηκῶν tôn oinothēkôn
Dative	τῇ οἰνοθήκῃ têi oinothḗkēi	τοῖν οἰνοθήκαιν toîn oinothḗkain	ταῖς οἰνοθήκαις taîs oinothḗkais
Accusative	τὴν οἰνοθήκην tḕn oinothḗkēn	τὼ οἰνοθήκᾱ tṑ oinothḗkā	τᾱ̀ς οἰνοθήκᾱς tā̀s oinothḗkās
Vocative	οἰνοθήκη oinothḗkē	οἰνοθήκᾱ oinothḗkā	οἰνοθῆκαι oinothêkai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• French: œnothèque
• Italian: enoteca
• Spanish: enoteca

References

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