ἀχυροθήκη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἄχυρον (ákhuron, “chaff”) and -θήκη (-thḗkē, “case, box”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.kʰy.ro.tʰɛ̌ː.kɛː/ → /a.çy.roˈθi.ci/ → /a.çi.roˈθi.ci/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.kʰy.ro.tʰɛ̌ː.kɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.kʰy.roˈtʰe̝.ke̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.çy.roˈθi.ci/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.çy.roˈθi.ci/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.çi.roˈθi.ci/

Noun

ἀχῠροθήκη • (akhurothḗkē) f (genitive ἀχῠροθήκης); first declension

1. A chaff holder

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἀχῠροθήκη; τῆς ἀχῠροθήκης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀχῠροθήκη hē akhurothḗkē	τὼ ἀχῠροθήκᾱ tṑ akhurothḗkā	αἱ ἀχῠροθῆκαι hai akhurothêkai
Genitive	τῆς ἀχῠροθήκης tês akhurothḗkēs	τοῖν ἀχῠροθήκαιν toîn akhurothḗkain	τῶν ἀχῠροθηκῶν tôn akhurothēkôn
Dative	τῇ ἀχῠροθήκῃ têi akhurothḗkēi	τοῖν ἀχῠροθήκαιν toîn akhurothḗkain	ταῖς ἀχῠροθήκαις taîs akhurothḗkais
Accusative	τὴν ἀχῠροθήκην tḕn akhurothḗkēn	τὼ ἀχῠροθήκᾱ tṑ akhurothḗkā	τᾱ̀ς ἀχῠροθήκᾱς tā̀s akhurothḗkās
Vocative	ἀχῠροθήκη akhurothḗkē	ἀχῠροθήκᾱ akhurothḗkā	ἀχῠροθῆκαι akhurothêkai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἀχυροθήκη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀχυροθήκη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)