ἀποθήκη

See also: αποθήκη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀποτίθημι (apotíthēmi, “to put away”), from ἀπο- (apo-, “away”) +‎ τίθημι (títhēmi, “to put”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.po.tʰɛ̌ː.kɛː/ → /a.poˈθi.ci/ → /a.poˈθi.ci/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.po.tʰɛ̌ː.kɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.poˈtʰe̝.ke̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.poˈθi.ci/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.poˈθi.ci/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.poˈθi.ci/

Noun

ᾰ̓ποθήκη • (apothḗkē) f (genitive ᾰ̓ποθήκης); first declension

1. repository, storehouse, warehouse

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ᾰ̓ποθήκη; τῆς ᾰ̓ποθήκης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ᾰ̓ποθήκη hē apothḗkē	τὼ ᾰ̓ποθήκᾱ tṑ apothḗkā	αἱ ᾰ̓ποθῆκαι hai apothêkai
Genitive	τῆς ᾰ̓ποθήκης tês apothḗkēs	τοῖν ᾰ̓ποθήκαιν toîn apothḗkain	τῶν ᾰ̓ποθηκῶν tôn apothēkôn
Dative	τῇ ᾰ̓ποθήκῃ têi apothḗkēi	τοῖν ᾰ̓ποθήκαιν toîn apothḗkain	ταῖς ᾰ̓ποθήκαις taîs apothḗkais
Accusative	τὴν ᾰ̓ποθήκην tḕn apothḗkēn	τὼ ᾰ̓ποθήκᾱ tṑ apothḗkā	τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓ποθήκᾱς tā̀s apothḗkās
Vocative	ᾰ̓ποθήκη apothḗkē	ᾰ̓ποθήκᾱ apothḗkā	ᾰ̓ποθῆκαι apothêkai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: αποθήκη (apothíki)
• → English: apotheke
• → Latin: apothēca (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• “ἀποθήκη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀποθήκη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἀποθήκη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀποθήκη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• G596 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • armory idem, page 40.
  • barn idem, page 63.
  • cellar idem, page 120.
  • closet idem, page 139.
  • cupboard idem, page 189.
  • depository idem, page 212.
  • garner idem, page 354.
  • granary idem, page 369.
  • loft idem, page 497.
  • magazine idem, page 507.
  • repository idem, page 697.
  • store idem, page 820.
  • store house idem, page 820.
  • warehouse idem, page 964.