νίπτρον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From νίζω (nízō, “to wash the hands”) + -τρον (-tron).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /níp.tron/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈnip.tron/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈnip.tron/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈnip.tron/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈnip.tron/
Noun
νῐ́πτρον • (níptron) n (genitive νῐ́πτρου); second declension
- water for washing
Inflection
Second declension of τὸ νῐ́πτρον; τοῦ νῐ́πτρου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ νῐ́πτρον tò níptron | τὼ νῐ́πτρω tṑ níptrō | τᾰ̀ νῐ́πτρᾰ tà níptra | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ νῐ́πτρου toû níptrou | τοῖν νῐ́πτροιν toîn níptroin | τῶν νῐ́πτρων tôn níptrōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ νῐ́πτρῳ tôi níptrōi | νῐ́πτροιν níptroin | τοῖς νῐ́πτροις toîs níptrois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ νῐ́πτρον tò níptron | νῐ́πτρω níptrō | τᾰ̀ νῐ́πτρᾰ tà níptra | ||||||||||
Vocative | νῐ́πτρον níptron | νῐ́πτρω níptrō | νῐ́πτρᾰ níptra | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- χειρόνιπτρον (kheiróniptron)
Further reading
- νίπτρον in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- νίπτρον in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- νίπτρον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette