ἐγγυθήκη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἐγγυοθήκη (enguothḗkē)

Etymology

From ἐγγύς (engús, “near”) +‎ -θήκη (-thḗkē, “case, box”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /eŋ.ɡy.tʰɛ̌ː.kɛː/ → /eɲ.ɟyˈθi.ci/ → /eɲ.ɟiˈθi.ci/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /eŋ.ɡy.tʰɛ̌ː.kɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /eŋ.ɡyˈtʰe̝.ke̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eɲ.ɟyˈθi.ci/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eɲ.ɟyˈθi.ci/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eɲ.ɟiˈθi.ci/

Noun

ἐγγῠθήκη • (enguthḗkē) f (genitive ἐγγῠθήκης); first declension

1. A stand for vessels or tripods

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἐγγῠθήκη; τῆς ἐγγῠθήκης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἐγγῠθήκη hē enguthḗkē	τὼ ἐγγῠθήκᾱ tṑ enguthḗkā	αἱ ἐγγῠθῆκαι hai enguthêkai
Genitive	τῆς ἐγγῠθήκης tês enguthḗkēs	τοῖν ἐγγῠθήκαιν toîn enguthḗkain	τῶν ἐγγῠθηκῶν tôn enguthēkôn
Dative	τῇ ἐγγῠθήκῃ têi enguthḗkēi	τοῖν ἐγγῠθήκαιν toîn enguthḗkain	ταῖς ἐγγῠθήκαις taîs enguthḗkais
Accusative	τὴν ἐγγῠθήκην tḕn enguthḗkēn	τὼ ἐγγῠθήκᾱ tṑ enguthḗkā	τᾱ̀ς ἐγγῠθήκᾱς tā̀s enguthḗkās
Vocative	ἐγγῠθήκη enguthḗkē	ἐγγῠθήκᾱ enguthḗkā	ἐγγῠθῆκαι enguthêkai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: incitēga

References

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