ἱστοδόκη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἱστός (histós, “mast”) +‎ δοκή (dokḗ, “container”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /his.to.dó.kɛː/ → /is.toˈðo.ci/ → /is.toˈðo.ci/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /his.to.dó.kɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)is.toˈdo.ke̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /is.toˈðo.ci/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /is.toˈðo.ci/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /is.toˈðo.ci/

Noun

ἱστοδόκη • (histodókē) f (genitive ἱστοδόκης); first declension

1. mast-holder, a piece of wood standing up from the stern, on which the mast rested when let down

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἱστοδόκη; τῆς ἱστοδόκης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἱστοδόκη hē histodókē	τὼ ἱστοδόκᾱ tṑ histodókā	αἱ ἱστοδόκαι hai histodókai
Genitive	τῆς ἱστοδόκης tês histodókēs	τοῖν ἱστοδόκαιν toîn histodókain	τῶν ἱστοδοκῶν tôn histodokôn
Dative	τῇ ἱστοδόκῃ têi histodókēi	τοῖν ἱστοδόκαιν toîn histodókain	ταῖς ἱστοδόκαις taîs histodókais
Accusative	τὴν ἱστοδόκην tḕn histodókēn	τὼ ἱστοδόκᾱ tṑ histodókā	τᾱ̀ς ἱστοδόκᾱς tā̀s histodókās
Vocative	ἱστοδόκη histodókē	ἱστοδόκᾱ histodókā	ἱστοδόκαι histodókai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἱστοδόκη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἱστοδόκη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἱστοδόκη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἱστοδόκη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἱστοδόκη in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963