λουτήρ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From λούω (loúō, “to wash, bathe”) + -τήρ (-tḗr).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /luː.tɛ̌ːr/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /luˈte̝r/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /luˈtir/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /luˈtir/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /luˈtir/
Noun
λουτήρ • (loutḗr) m (genitive λουτῆρος); third declension
- bathtub
- Synonyms: ἀσάμινθος (asáminthos), πύελος (púelos)
Declension
Third declension of ὁ λουτήρ; τοῦ λουτῆρος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ λουτήρ ho loutḗr | τὼ λουτῆρε tṑ loutêre | οἱ λουτῆρες hoi loutêres | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ λουτῆρος toû loutêros | τοῖν λουτήροιν toîn loutḗroin | τῶν λουτήρων tôn loutḗrōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ λουτῆρῐ tôi loutêri | τοῖν λουτήροιν toîn loutḗroin | τοῖς λουτῆρσῐ / λουτῆρσῐν toîs loutêrsi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν λουτῆρᾰ tòn loutêra | τὼ λουτῆρε tṑ loutêre | τοὺς λουτῆρᾰς toùs loutêras | ||||||||||
Vocative | λουτήρ loutḗr | λουτῆρε loutêre | λουτῆρες loutêres | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Latin lūtēr
Further reading
- “λουτήρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- λουτήρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette