διαθήκη

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δῐᾰτῐ́θημῐ (diatíthēmi); also analyzable as δια- (dia-) +‎ -θήκη (-thḗkē)

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /di.a.tʰɛ̌ː.kɛː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /di.aˈtʰe̝.ke̝/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ði.aˈθi.ci/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ði.aˈθi.ci/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ði.aˈθi.ci/

Noun

δῐᾰθήκη • (diathḗkē) f (genitive δῐᾰθήκης); first declension

testament, will (legal document)
covenant

Inflection

First declension of ἡ δῐᾰθήκη; τῆς δῐᾰθήκης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ δῐᾰθήκη hē diathḗkē	τὼ δῐᾰθήκᾱ tṑ diathḗkā	αἱ δῐᾰθῆκαι hai diathêkai
Genitive	τῆς δῐᾰθήκης tês diathḗkēs	τοῖν δῐᾰθήκαιν toîn diathḗkain	τῶν δῐᾰθηκῶν tôn diathēkôn
Dative	τῇ δῐᾰθήκῃ têi diathḗkēi	τοῖν δῐᾰθήκαιν toîn diathḗkain	ταῖς δῐᾰθήκαις taîs diathḗkais
Accusative	τὴν δῐᾰθήκην tḕn diathḗkēn	τὼ δῐᾰθήκᾱ tṑ diathḗkā	τᾱ̀ς δῐᾰθήκᾱς tā̀s diathḗkās
Vocative	δῐᾰθήκη diathḗkē	δῐᾰθήκᾱ diathḗkā	δῐᾰθῆκαι diathêkai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Καινὴ Διαθήκη (Kainḕ Diathḗkē)
Παλαιὰ Διαθήκη (Palaià Diathḗkē)
συγγραφοδιαθήκη (sungraphodiathḗkē)
ὑπερδιαθήκη (huperdiathḗkē)

Further reading

“διαθήκη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“διαθήκη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
διαθήκη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
διαθήκη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
G1242 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- bequest idem, page 74.
- disposition idem, page 237.
- testament idem, page 863.
- will idem, page 979.

Greek

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ðiaˈθici/
Hyphenation: δι‧α‧θή‧κη

Noun

διαθήκη • (diathíki) f (plural διαθήκες)

(law) will, testament (document)

Declension

Declension of **διαθήκη**
	singular	plural
nominative	διαθήκη (diathíki)	διαθήκες (diathíkes)
genitive	διαθήκης (diathíkis)	διαθηκών (diathikón)
accusative	διαθήκη (diathíki)	διαθήκες (diathíkes)
vocative	διαθήκη (diathíki)	διαθήκες (diathíkes)

Derived terms

Καινή Διαθήκη f (Kainí Diathíki, “New Testament”)
Κιβωτός της Διαθήκης f (Kivotós tis Diathíkis, “Arc of the Covenent”)
Παλαιά Διαθήκη f (Palaiá Diathíki, “Old Testament”)

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