ὀστοθήκη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὀστέον (ostéon, “bone”) +‎ -θήκη (-thḗkē, “case, box”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /os.to.tʰɛ̌ː.kɛː/ → /os.toˈθi.ci/ → /os.toˈθi.ci/

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

Noun

ὀστοθήκη • (ostothḗkē) f (genitive ὀστοθήκης); first declension

1. A receptacle for bones, a sarcophagus

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ὀστοθήκη; τῆς ὀστοθήκης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ὀστοθήκη hē ostothḗkē	τὼ ὀστοθήκᾱ tṑ ostothḗkā	αἱ ὀστοθῆκαι hai ostothêkai
Genitive	τῆς ὀστοθήκης tês ostothḗkēs	τοῖν ὀστοθήκαιν toîn ostothḗkain	τῶν ὀστοθηκῶν tôn ostothēkôn
Dative	τῇ ὀστοθήκῃ têi ostothḗkēi	τοῖν ὀστοθήκαιν toîn ostothḗkain	ταῖς ὀστοθήκαις taîs ostothḗkais
Accusative	τὴν ὀστοθήκην tḕn ostothḗkēn	τὼ ὀστοθήκᾱ tṑ ostothḗkā	τᾱ̀ς ὀστοθήκᾱς tā̀s ostothḗkās
Vocative	ὀστοθήκη ostothḗkē	ὀστοθήκᾱ ostothḗkā	ὀστοθῆκαι ostothêkai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “ὀστοθήκη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press