βαπτιστήριον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From βᾰπτῐ́ζω (băptĭ́zō, “to immerge”) +‎ -τήριον (-tḗrion).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bap.tis.tɛ̌ː.ri.on/ → /βap.tisˈti.ri.on/ → /vap.tisˈti.ri.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bap.tis.tɛ̌ː.ri.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /bap.tisˈte̝.ri.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βap.tisˈti.ri.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /vap.tisˈti.ri.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /vap.tisˈti.ri.on/

Noun

βᾰπτῐστήρῐον • (băptĭstḗrĭon) n (genitive βᾰπτῐστηρῐ́ου); second declension

1. swimming-bath
2. baptistery

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ βᾰπτῐστήρῐον; τοῦ βᾰπτῐστηρῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ βᾰπτῐστήρῐον tò băptĭstḗrĭon	τὼ βᾰπτῐστηρῐ́ω tṑ băptĭstērĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ βᾰπτῐστήρῐᾰ tằ băptĭstḗrĭă
Genitive	τοῦ βᾰπτῐστηρῐ́ου toû băptĭstērĭ́ou	τοῖν βᾰπτῐστηρῐ́οιν toîn băptĭstērĭ́oin	τῶν βᾰπτῐστηρῐ́ων tôn băptĭstērĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ βᾰπτῐστηρῐ́ῳ tôi băptĭstērĭ́ōi	τοῖν βᾰπτῐστηρῐ́οιν toîn băptĭstērĭ́oin	τοῖς βᾰπτῐστηρῐ́οις toîs băptĭstērĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ βᾰπτῐστήρῐον tò băptĭstḗrĭon	τὼ βᾰπτῐστηρῐ́ω tṑ băptĭstērĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ βᾰπτῐστήρῐᾰ tằ băptĭstḗrĭă
Vocative	βᾰπτῐστήρῐον băptĭstḗrĭon	βᾰπτῐστηρῐ́ω băptĭstērĭ́ō	βᾰπτῐστήρῐᾰ băptĭstḗrĭă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: baptistērium
  • → English: baptistry
  • → Italian: battistero

Further reading

• “βαπτιστήριον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• βαπτιστήριον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• βαπτιστήριον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)