θήκη
βίος ἀνεόρταστος μακρὴ ὁδὸς ἀπανδόκευτος → a life without feasting is a long journey without an inn | a life without festivals is a long journey without inns | a life without festivals is a long road without inns | a life without festivity is a long road without an inn | a life without festivity is like a long road without an inn | a life without holidays is like a long road without taverns | a life without parties is a long journey without inns | a life without public holidays is a long road without hotels
English (LSJ)
ἡ, (τίθημι)
A case, chest, χρυσοῦ θ. a money-chest, Hdt.3.130, 9.83, E.Hec.1147, cf. X.Oec.8.17, etc. 2 grave, tomb, A.Pers.405, S.OC1763 (anap.); νεκρῶν θήκας ἀνοίγειν Hdt.1.187, cf. 67, al.; αἱ θ. τῶν τεθνεώτων Th.1.8, 3.104; εἰς ἀναισχύντους θ. ἐτράποντο modes of burial, Id.2.52, cf. Pl.R.427b; θήκην ὀρύττειν X.Cyr.7.3.5. 3 ξίφους θ. sword-sheath, Poll.10.144; τόξου bow-case, EM333.41.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
θήκη: ἡ, (τίθημι) μέρος εἰς ὃ θέτει τίς τι, κιβώτιον, κίστη, χρυσοῦ θήκη, κιβώτιον χρημάτων, Λατ. theca, Ἡρόδ. 3. 130., 9. 83, πρβλ. Εὐρ. Ἑκ. 1147, Ξεν. Οἰκ. 8, 17. 2) τόπος ἐν ᾧ ἐτίθεντο οἱ νεκροί, μνῆμα, τάφος, τύμβος, θήκας τε προγόνων Αἰσχύλ. Πέρσ. 405, Σοφ. Ο. Κ. 1763, πρβλ. Βlomf. Ἀγ. 440 (453)· νεκρῶν θήκας ἀνοίγειν Ἡρόδ. 1. 187, πρβλ. 67, κ. ἀλλ.· αἱ θῆκαι τῶν τεθνεώτων Θουκ. 1. 8., 3. 104· ἐς ἀναισχύντους θήκας ἐτράποντο, τρόπους ταφῆς, ὁ αὐτ. 2. 52· θήκας ὀρύττειν Ξεν. Κύρ. 7. 3, 5. 3) ξίφους θ., «θηκάρι», Πολυδ. Ι΄, 144.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ης (ἡ) :
1 boîte, coffre, caisse;
2 cercueil ; tombeau.
Étymologie: v. τίθημι.
Spanish
English (Strong)
from τίθημι; a receptacle, i.e. scabbard: sheath.
