θήκη: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, ([[τίθημι]]) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[case]], [[chest]], <b class="b3">χρυσοῦ θήκη</b> a [[money]]-[[chest]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.130</span>, <span class="bibl">9.83</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hec.</span>1147</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Oec.</span>8.17</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[grave]], [[tomb]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>405</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>1763</span> (anap.); νεκρῶν θήκας ἀνοίγειν <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.187</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">67</span>, al.; αἱ θήκαι τῶν τεθνεώτων <span class="bibl">Th.1.8</span>, <span class="bibl">3.104</span>; <b class="b3">εἰς ἀναισχύντους θήκας ἐτράποντο</b> [[modes of burial]], <span class="bibl">Id.2.52</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>427b</span>; θήκην [[ὀρύττειν]] <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>7.3.5</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">ξίφους θήκη</b> [[sword]]-[[sheath]], <span class="bibl">Poll.10.144</span>; [[τόξου]] [[bow]]-[[case]], EM333.41.</span>