ἐργαλοθήκη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐργαλεῖον (ergaleîon, “instrument”) +‎ -θήκη (-thḗkē, “case, box”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /er.ɡa.lo.tʰɛ̌ː.kɛː/ → /er.ɣa.loˈθi.ci/ → /er.ɣa.loˈθi.ci/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /er.ɡa.lo.tʰɛ̌ː.kɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /er.ɡa.loˈtʰe̝.ke̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /er.ɣa.loˈθi.ci/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /er.ɣa.loˈθi.ci/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /er.ɣa.loˈθi.ci/

Noun

ἐργᾰλοθήκη • (ergalothḗkē) f (genitive ἐργᾰλοθήκης); first declension

1. A case for instruments

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἐργᾰλοθήκη; τῆς ἐργᾰλοθήκης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἐργᾰλοθήκη hē ergalothḗkē	τὼ ἐργᾰλοθήκᾱ tṑ ergalothḗkā	αἱ ἐργᾰλοθῆκαι hai ergalothêkai
Genitive	τῆς ἐργᾰλοθήκης tês ergalothḗkēs	τοῖν ἐργᾰλοθήκαιν toîn ergalothḗkain	τῶν ἐργᾰλοθηκῶν tôn ergalothēkôn
Dative	τῇ ἐργᾰλοθήκῃ têi ergalothḗkēi	τοῖν ἐργᾰλοθήκαιν toîn ergalothḗkain	ταῖς ἐργᾰλοθήκαις taîs ergalothḗkais
Accusative	τὴν ἐργᾰλοθήκην tḕn ergalothḗkēn	τὼ ἐργᾰλοθήκᾱ tṑ ergalothḗkā	τᾱ̀ς ἐργᾰλοθήκᾱς tā̀s ergalothḗkās
Vocative	ἐργᾰλοθήκη ergalothḗkē	ἐργᾰλοθήκᾱ ergalothḗkā	ἐργᾰλοθῆκαι ergalothêkai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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