βιβλιοθήκη

Ancient Greek

From βῐβλῐ́ον (bĭblĭ́on, “book”) +‎ -θήκη (-thḗkē, “box; chest”).

βῐβλῐοθήκη • (bĭblĭothḗkē) f (genitive βῐβλῐοθήκης); first declension

First declension of ἡ βῐβλῐοθήκη; τῆς βῐβλῐοθήκης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ βῐβλῐοθήκη hē bĭblĭothḗkē	τὼ βῐβλῐοθήκᾱ tṑ bĭblĭothḗkā	αἱ βῐβλῐοθῆκαι hai bĭblĭothêkai
Genitive	τῆς βῐβλῐοθήκης tês bĭblĭothḗkēs	τοῖν βῐβλῐοθήκαιν toîn bĭblĭothḗkain	τῶν βῐβλῐοθηκῶν tôn bĭblĭothēkôn
Dative	τῇ βῐβλῐοθήκῃ tēî bĭblĭothḗkēi	τοῖν βῐβλῐοθήκαιν toîn bĭblĭothḗkain	ταῖς βῐβλῐοθήκαις taîs bĭblĭothḗkais
Accusative	τὴν βῐβλῐοθήκην tḕn bĭblĭothḗkēn	τὼ βῐβλῐοθήκᾱ tṑ bĭblĭothḗkā	τᾱ̀ς βῐβλῐοθήκᾱς tā̀s bĭblĭothḗkās
Vocative	βῐβλῐοθήκη bĭblĭothḗkē	βῐβλῐοθήκᾱ bĭblĭothḗkā	βῐβλῐοθῆκαι bĭblĭothêkai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Greek: βιβλιοθήκη (vivliothíki)
→ Coptic: ⲃⲟⲩⲗⲓⲁⲑⲏⲕⲏ (bouliathēkē)
→ Georgian: ბიბლიოთეკა (biblioteḳa)
→ Latin: bibliothēca, bibliothēcē, bybliothēca, bybliothēcē (see there for further descendants)
→ Russian: вивлио́фика (vivliófika) (obsolete)

From Ancient Greek βιβλιοθήκη (bibliothḗkē). Morphologically, from βιβλί(ο) (“book”) +‎ -ο- +‎ -θήκη (“case, holster”).

βιβλιοθήκη • (vivliothíki) f (plural βιβλιοθήκες)