βιβλιοθήκη

Ancient Greek

From βιβλίον (biblíon, “book”) +‎ -θήκη (-thḗkē, “box, chest”).

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

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ βῐβλῐοθήκη hē bibliothḗkē	τὼ βῐβλῐοθήκᾱ tṑ bibliothḗkā	αἱ βῐβλῐοθῆκαι hai bibliothêkai
Genitive	τῆς βῐβλῐοθήκης tês bibliothḗkēs	τοῖν βῐβλῐοθήκαιν toîn bibliothḗkain	τῶν βῐβλῐοθηκῶν tôn bibliothēkôn
Dative	τῇ βῐβλῐοθήκῃ têi bibliothḗkēi	τοῖν βῐβλῐοθήκαιν toîn bibliothḗkain	ταῖς βῐβλῐοθήκαις taîs bibliothḗkais
Accusative	τὴν βῐβλῐοθήκην tḕn bibliothḗkēn	τὼ βῐβλῐοθήκᾱ tṑ bibliothḗkā	τᾱ̀ς βῐβλῐοθήκᾱς tā̀s bibliothḗkās
Vocative	βῐβλῐοθήκη bibliothḗkē	βῐβλῐοθήκᾱ bibliothḗkā	βῐβλῐοθῆκαι bibliothêkai
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)