Ancient Greek

Noun

βιβλιοθήκη • ‎(bibliothḗkē) f ‎(genitive βιβλιοθήκης); first declension

1. bookcase
2. library
3. records office
4. compilation

Inflection

Descendants

• Danish: bibliotek
• Dutch: bibliotheek
  • Afrikaans: biblioteek
• German: Bibliothek
• Greek: βιβλιοθήκη ‎(vivliothíki)
• Latin: bibliotheca
  • Albanian: bibliotekë
  • Asturian: biblioteca
  • Catalan: biblioteca
  • French: bibliothèque
  • Galician: biblioteca
  • Italian: biblioteca
  • Norman: bibliothèque (Jersey)
  • Portuguese: biblioteca
  • Romanian: bibliotecă
  • Spanish: biblioteca
• Polish: biblioteka
• Russian: библиоте́ка ‎(bibliotéka), вивлио́фика ‎(vivliófika) (obsolete)
• Swedish: bibliotek

References

• βιβλιοθήκη in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• «βιβλιοθήκη» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• «βιβλιοθήκη» in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (© 2006–2016)

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βιβλιοθήκη ‎(bibliothḗkē).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [vivliɔˈθiki]
• Hyphenation: βι‧βλι‧ο‧θή‧κη

Noun

βιβλιοθήκη • ‎(vivliothíki) f ‎(plural βιβλιοθήκες)

1. library
2. bookcase

Declension