ἐδεσματοθήκη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἔδεσμα (édesma, “meat, food”) +‎ -θήκη (-thḗkē, “case, box”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.dez.ma.to.tʰɛ̌ː.kɛː/ → /e.ðez.ma.toˈθi.ci/ → /e.ðez.ma.toˈθi.ci/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.dez.ma.to.tʰɛ̌ː.kɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.dez.ma.toˈtʰe̝.ke̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.ðez.ma.toˈθi.ci/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.ðez.ma.toˈθi.ci/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.ðez.ma.toˈθi.ci/

Noun

ἐδεσμᾰτοθήκη • (edesmatothḗkē) f (genitive ἐδεσμᾰτοθήκης); first declension

1. A food hamper

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἐδεσμᾰτοθήκη; τῆς ἐδεσμᾰτοθήκης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἐδεσμᾰτοθήκη hē edesmatothḗkē	τὼ ἐδεσμᾰτοθήκᾱ tṑ edesmatothḗkā	αἱ ἐδεσμᾰτοθῆκαι hai edesmatothêkai
Genitive	τῆς ἐδεσμᾰτοθήκης tês edesmatothḗkēs	τοῖν ἐδεσμᾰτοθήκαιν toîn edesmatothḗkain	τῶν ἐδεσμᾰτοθηκῶν tôn edesmatothēkôn
Dative	τῇ ἐδεσμᾰτοθήκῃ têi edesmatothḗkēi	τοῖν ἐδεσμᾰτοθήκαιν toîn edesmatothḗkain	ταῖς ἐδεσμᾰτοθήκαις taîs edesmatothḗkais
Accusative	τὴν ἐδεσμᾰτοθήκην tḕn edesmatothḗkēn	τὼ ἐδεσμᾰτοθήκᾱ tṑ edesmatothḗkā	τᾱ̀ς ἐδεσμᾰτοθήκᾱς tā̀s edesmatothḗkās
Vocative	ἐδεσμᾰτοθήκη edesmatothḗkē	ἐδεσμᾰτοθήκᾱ edesmatothḗkā	ἐδεσμᾰτοθῆκαι edesmatothêkai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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