-θήκη in Ancient Greek

IPA: /tʰɛ̌ː.kɛː/, /ˈθi.ci/, /ˈθi.ci/, /tʰɛ̌ː.kɛː/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈtʰe̝.ke̝/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈθi.ci/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈθi.ci/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈθi.ci/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan) [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: Derived from θήκη (thḗkē), from τίθημι (títhēmi, “I put, place, set”). Etymology templates: {{etymon|grc|from|grc>θήκη>box|id=deverbal}} Head templates: {{grc-noun|-θήκης|f|first}} -θήκη • (-thḗkē) f (genitive -θήκης); first declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|-θήκη|ης}} Forms: -thḗkē [romanization], -θήκης [genitive], Attic declension-1 [table-tags], -θήκη [nominative, singular], -θήκᾱ [dual, nominative], -θῆκαι [nominative, plural], -θήκης [genitive, singular], -θήκαιν [dual, genitive], -θηκῶν [genitive, plural], -θήκῃ [dative, singular], -θήκαιν [dative, dual], -θήκαις [dative, plural], -θήκην [accusative, singular], -θήκᾱ [accusative, dual], -θήκᾱς [accusative, plural], -θήκη [singular, vocative], -θήκᾱ [dual, vocative], -θῆκαι [plural, vocative]

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"-θήκη" meaning in Ancient Greek

Suffix