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θήκη

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: θήκη θήκης

Structure: θηκ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: ti/qhmi

Sense

  1. box, chest
  2. grave, tomb
  3. sword sheath

Declension

First declension

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

  • καὶ ἔτι ἐπ̓ αὐτῆσ ἔστι τὸ ἐπιδέκατον, καὶ πάλιν ἔσται εἰσ προνομὴν ὡσ τερέβινθοσ καὶ ὡσ βάλανοσ, ὅταν ἐκπέσῃ ἐκ τῆσ θήκησ αὐτῆσ. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 6:13)
  • ἐπάνω δὲ τῆσ θήκησ ἐπετέθειτο καλυπτὴρ χρυσοῦσ, ἁρμόζων ἀκριβῶσ καὶ περιλαμβάνων τὴν ἀνωτάτω περιφέρειαν. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, Books XVIII-XX, book 18, chapter 26 4:1)
  • προστεθῆναι δὲ ἔτι τούτῳ τῷ νόμῳ τόνδε, τὸν διδόντα τὸ χρέοσ καὶ ἁπάσησ κρατέειν τῆσ τοῦ λαμβάνοντοσ θήκησ, τῷ δὲ ὑποτιθέντι τοῦτο τὸ ἐνέχυρον τήνδε ἐπεῖναι ζημίην μὴ βουλομένῳ ἀποδοῦναι τὸ χρέοσ, μήτε αὐτῷ ἐκείνῳ τελευτήσαντι εἶναι ταφῆσ κυρῆσαι μήτ’ ἐν ἐκείνῳ τῷ πατρωίῳ τάφῳ μήτ’ ἐν ἄλλῳ μηδενί, μήτε ἄλλον μηδένα τῶν ἑωυτοῦ ἀπογενόμενον θάψαι. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 2, chapter 136 3:2)
  • λέγουσι γὰρ ὡσ πυθόμενοσ ἐκ μαντηίου ὁ Ἄμασισ τὰ περὶ ἑωυτὸν ἀποθανόντα μέλλοντα γίνεσθαι, οὕτω δὴ ἀκεόμενοσ τὰ ἐπιφερόμενα τὸν μὲν ἄνθρωπον τοῦτον τὸν μαστιγωθέντα ἀποθανόντα ἔθαψε ἐπὶ τῇσι θύρῃσι ἐντὸσ τῆσ ἑωυτοῦ θήκησ, ἑωυτὸν δὲ ἐνετείλατο τῷ παιδὶ ἐν μυχῷ τῆσ θήκησ ὡσ μάλιστα θεῖναι. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 3, chapter 16 7:1)

Synonyms

  1. box

  2. grave

  3. sword sheath

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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