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θηκαῖος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: θηκαῖος θηκαῖη θηκαῖον

Structure: θηκαι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: from qh/kh

Sense

  1. like a chest or coffin, a burial

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative θηκαῖος θηκαίᾱ θηκαῖον
Genitive θηκαίου θηκαίᾱς θηκαίου
Dative θηκαίῳ θηκαίᾱͅ θηκαίῳ
Accusative θηκαῖον θηκαίᾱν θηκαῖον
Vocative θηκαῖε θηκαίᾱ θηκαῖον
DualN/A/V θηκαίω θηκαίᾱ θηκαίω
G/D θηκαίοιν θηκαίαιν θηκαίοιν
PluralNominative θηκαῖοι θηκαῖαι θηκαῖα
Genitive θηκαίων θηκαιῶν θηκαίων
Dative θηκαίοις θηκαίαις θηκαίοις
Accusative θηκαίους θηκαίᾱς θηκαῖα
Vocative θηκαῖοι θηκαῖαι θηκαῖα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective θηκαῖος θηκαίου θηκαιότερος θηκαιοτέρου θηκαιότατος θηκαιοτάτου
Adverb θηκαίως θηκαιότερον θηκαιότατα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἐνθεῦτεν δὲ παραδεξάμενοί μιν οἱ προσήκοντεσ ποιεῦνται ξύλινον τύπον ἀνθρωποειδέα, ποιησάμενοι δὲ ἐσεργνῦσι τὸν νεκρόν, καὶ κατακληίσαντεσ οὕτω θησαυρίζουσι ἐν οἰκήματι θηκαίῳ, ἱστάντεσ ὀρθὸν πρὸσ τοῖχον. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 2, chapter 86 8:1)

Similar forms

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

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