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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 ἔσονται οἱ δακτύλιοι εἰσ θήκασ τοῖσ ἀναφορεῦσιν, ὥστε αἴρειν ἐν αὐτοῖσ τὴν τράπεζαν. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 25:26)
  • τοὐντεῦθεν δὲ οἱ μὲν παρίτωσαν καθ’ ἕνα, οἱ δὲ ἐπιγνώμονεσ ἐξετάζοντεσ ἢ θεοὺσ εἶναι ἀποφανοῦνται ἢ καταπέμψουσιν ἐπὶ τὰ σφέτερα ἠρία καὶ τὰσ θήκασ τὰσ προγονικάσ. (Lucian, Deorum concilium, (no name) 15:3)
  • [ Ἀ[γλ]αῷ καὶ νῦν κασιγνήτασ ἀκοίτασ νασιῶτιν ἐκίνησεν λιγύφθογγον μέλισσαν, ἀχ]ειρὲσ ἵν’ ἀθάνατον Μουσᾶν ἄγαλμα ξυνὸν ἀνθρώποισιν εἰή χάρμα, τεὰν ἀρετὰν μανῦον ἐπιχθονίοισιν, ὁσσάκισ Νίκασ ἕκατι ἄνθεσι ξανθὰν ἀναδησάμενοσ κεφαλὰν κῦδοσ εὐρείαισ Ἀθάναισ θῆκασ Οἰνείδαισ τε δόξαν. (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 10 1:28)
  • Ἑκάβη δὲ παιδὸσ γνοῦσα θανάσιμον μόρον λόγῳ με τοιῷδ’ ἤγαγ’, ὡσ κεκρυμμένασ θήκασ φράσουσα Πριαμιδῶν ἐν Ἰλίῳ χρυσοῦ· (Euripides, Hecuba, episode, lyric 3:1)
  • εἰσ ταύτην ἀποβλέψαντασ, ὦ Ἀθηναῖοι, καὶ τὰσ ἐν αὐτῇ γιγνομένασ πατρίουσ θυσίασ καὶ τὰσ τῶν προγόνων θήκασ φέρειν δεῖ τοὺσ εὖ φρονοῦντασ τὴν ψῆφον. (Dinarchus, Speeches, 133:1)

Synonyms

  1. box

  2. grave

  3. sword sheath

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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