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ἀλαβαστοθήκη

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀλαβαστοθήκη

Structure: ἀλαβαστοθηκ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: a)la/bastos, qh/kh

Sense

  1. a case for alabaster ornaments

Examples

  • ἡμεῖσ, Ἀφόβητε καὶ σὺ Φιλόχαρεσ, σὲ μὲν τὰσ ἀλαβαστοθήκασ γράφοντα καὶ τὰ τύμπανα, τούτουσ δ’ ὑπογραμματέασ καὶ τοὺσ τυχόντασ ἀνθρώπουσ καὶ οὐδεμιᾶσ κακίασ ταῦτα, ἀλλ’ οὐδὲ στρατηγίασ γ’ ἄξια πρεσβειῶν, στρατηγιῶν, τῶν μεγίστων τιμῶν ἠξιώσαμεν. (Demosthenes, Speeches 11-20, 310:3)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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