1. θήκη · thēkē — Beekes
case, chest; tomb
The corpus record
θήκ-η
theke
case, chest; tomb
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Distribution
- Suppliant Maidens 1 · 2.07/10k
- Persians 1 · 1.96/10k
- Hecuba 1 · 1.4/10k
- Agamemnon 1 · 1.23/10k
- Electra 1 · 1.15/10k
- Histories 21 · 1.14/10k
- Oedipus at Colonus 1 · 0.97/10k
- Isaias 2 · 0.76/10k
- John 1 · 0.65/10k
- Economics 1 · 0.56/10k
- Exodus 1 · 0.42/10k
- Laws 4 · 0.39/10k
Densest 12 of 15 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
Senses
2. θήκη · thēkē — Chantraine
s“hoîte, cassette, étuis (Hdt
3. θήκ-η · thēk-ē — LSJ
case, chest
Attestations
- θῆκαι · thēkai Plato, Republic 4.427 (DIORISIS sentence 2294)
- θήκας · thēkas Plato, Republic 5.469 (DIORISIS sentence 3271)
- θήκην · thēkēn Herodotus, Histories 1.67.3 (DIORISIS sentence 442)
- θήκας · thēkas Herodotus, Histories 1.187.5 (DIORISIS sentence 1326)
- θήκῃ · thēkēi Herodotus, Histories 2.42.6 (DIORISIS sentence 1850)
- θήκῃσι · thēkēisi Herodotus, Histories 2.67.1 (DIORISIS sentence 2018)
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