φαρμακοθήκη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From φάρμακον (phármakon, “drug”) +‎ -θήκη (-thḗkē, “case, box”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰar.ma.ko.tʰɛ̌ː.kɛː/ → /ɸar.ma.koˈθi.ci/ → /far.ma.koˈθi.ci/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰar.ma.ko.tʰɛ̌ː.kɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pʰar.ma.koˈtʰe̝.ke̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɸar.ma.koˈθi.ci/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /far.ma.koˈθi.ci/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /far.ma.koˈθi.ci/

Noun

φαρμᾰκοθήκη • (pharmakothḗkē) f (genitive φαρμᾰκοθήκης); first declension

1. A medicine-chest

Inflection

First declension of ἡ φαρμᾰκοθήκη; τῆς φαρμᾰκοθήκης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ φαρμᾰκοθήκη hē pharmakothḗkē	τὼ φαρμᾰκοθήκᾱ tṑ pharmakothḗkā	αἱ φαρμᾰκοθῆκαι hai pharmakothêkai
Genitive	τῆς φαρμᾰκοθήκης tês pharmakothḗkēs	τοῖν φαρμᾰκοθήκαιν toîn pharmakothḗkain	τῶν φαρμᾰκοθηκῶν tôn pharmakothēkôn
Dative	τῇ φαρμᾰκοθήκῃ têi pharmakothḗkēi	τοῖν φαρμᾰκοθήκαιν toîn pharmakothḗkain	ταῖς φαρμᾰκοθήκαις taîs pharmakothḗkais
Accusative	τὴν φαρμᾰκοθήκην tḕn pharmakothḗkēn	τὼ φαρμᾰκοθήκᾱ tṑ pharmakothḗkā	τᾱ̀ς φαρμᾰκοθήκᾱς tā̀s pharmakothḗkās
Vocative	φαρμᾰκοθήκη pharmakothḗkē	φαρμᾰκοθήκᾱ pharmakothḗkā	φαρμᾰκοθῆκαι pharmakothêkai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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