Latin edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δακτυλιοθήκη (daktuliothḗkē).

Noun edit

dactyliothēca f (genitive dactyliothēcae); first declension

  1. A casket used to keep rings in

Declension edit

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative dactyliothēca dactyliothēcae
Genitive dactyliothēcae dactyliothēcārum
Dative dactyliothēcae dactyliothēcīs
Accusative dactyliothēcam dactyliothēcās
Ablative dactyliothēcā dactyliothēcīs
Vocative dactyliothēca dactyliothēcae

References edit

  • dactyliotheca”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • dactyliotheca in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • dactyliotheca”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • dactyliotheca”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin