χειρόνιπτρον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From χείρ (kheír, “hand”) + νίπτρον (níptron, “water for washing”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kʰeː.ró.nip.tron/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kʰiˈro.nip.tron/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /çiˈro.nip.tron/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /çiˈro.nip.tron/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /çiˈro.nip.tron/
Noun
χειρόνῐπτρον • (kheiróniptron) n (genitive χειρονῐ́πτρου); second declension
- basin for washing the hands
- water for washing the hands
- Synonym: χέρνιψ (khérnips)
Declension
Second declension of τὸ χειρόνῐπτρον; τοῦ χειρονῐ́πτρου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ χειρόνῐπτρον tò kheiróniptron | τὼ χειρονῐ́πτρω tṑ kheironíptrō | τᾰ̀ χειρόνῐπτρᾰ tà kheiróniptra | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ χειρονῐ́πτρου toû kheironíptrou | τοῖν χειρονῐ́πτροιν toîn kheironíptroin | τῶν χειρονῐ́πτρων tôn kheironíptrōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ χειρονῐ́πτρῳ tôi kheironíptrōi | τοῖν χειρονῐ́πτροιν toîn kheironíptroin | τοῖς χειρονῐ́πτροις toîs kheironíptrois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ χειρόνῐπτρον tò kheiróniptron | τὼ χειρονῐ́πτρω tṑ kheironíptrō | τᾰ̀ χειρόνῐπτρᾰ tà kheiróniptra | ||||||||||
Vocative | χειρόνῐπτρον kheiróniptron | χειρονῐ́πτρω kheironíptrō | χειρόνῐπτρᾰ kheiróniptra | ||||||||||
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References
- “χειρόνιπτρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- χειρόνιπτρον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette