λουτροφόρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λουτρόν (loutrón, bath, bathing-place) +‎ φέρω (phérō, to bring, bear, carry)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /luː.tro.pʰó.ros/ → /lu.troˈɸo.ros/ → /lu.troˈfo.ros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /luː.tro.pʰó.ros/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /lu.troˈpʰo.ros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /lu.troˈɸo.ros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /lu.troˈfo.ros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /lu.troˈfo.ros/

Adjective

λουτροφόρος • (loutrophóros) m or f (neuter ον); second declension

1. of or pertaining to bringing water for bathing or washing
   • 480 BCE – 406 BCE, Euripides, Phoenissae 348:

     ἐγὼ δ᾽ οὔτε σοι πυρὸς ἀνῆψα φῶς νόμιμον ἐν γάμοις ὡς πρέπει ματέρι μακαρίᾳ: ἀνυμέναια δ᾽ Ἰσμηνὸς ἐκηδεύθη λουτροφόρου χλιδᾶς, ἀνὰ δὲ Θηβαίαν πόλιν ἐσιγάθη σᾶς ἔσοδοι νύμφας.

     egṑ d’ oúte soi puròs anêpsa phôs nómimon en gámois hōs prépei matéri makaríāi: anuménaia d’ Ismēnòs ekēdeúthē loutrophórou khlidâs, anà dè Thēbaían pólin esigáthē sâs ésodoi númphas.

2. (substantive) black-urn placed upon the tombs of unmarried individuals
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes, Orations 44. Aristodemus against Leochares, regarding the Estate of Archiades 44.18:

     τί τούτου σημεῖον; λουτροφόρος ἐφέστηκεν ἐπὶ τῷ τοῦ Ἀρχιάδου τάφῳ.

     tí toútou sēmeîon? loutrophóros ephéstēken epì tôi toû Arkhiádou táphōi.

Declension

Second declension of λουτροφόρος; λουτροφόρον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		λουτροφόρος loutrophóros	λουτροφόρον loutrophóron		λουτροφόρω loutrophórō	λουτροφόρω loutrophórō		λουτροφόροι loutrophóroi	λουτροφόρᾰ loutrophóră
Genitive		λουτροφόρου loutrophórou	λουτροφόρου loutrophórou		λουτροφόροιν loutrophóroin	λουτροφόροιν loutrophóroin		λουτροφόρων loutrophórōn	λουτροφόρων loutrophórōn
Dative		λουτροφόρῳ loutrophórōi	λουτροφόρῳ loutrophórōi		λουτροφόροιν loutrophóroin	λουτροφόροιν loutrophóroin		λουτροφόροις loutrophórois	λουτροφόροις loutrophórois
Accusative		λουτροφόρον loutrophóron	λουτροφόρον loutrophóron		λουτροφόρω loutrophórō	λουτροφόρω loutrophórō		λουτροφόρους loutrophórous	λουτροφόρᾰ loutrophóră
Vocative		λουτροφόρε loutrophóre	λουτροφόρον loutrophóron		λουτροφόρω loutrophórō	λουτροφόρω loutrophórō		λουτροφόροι loutrophóroi	λουτροφόρᾰ loutrophóră
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		λουτροφόρως loutrophórōs			λουτροφορώτερος loutrophorṓteros			λουτροφορώτᾰτος loutrophorṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• English: loutrophoros

References

• “λουτροφόρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• λουτροφόρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “λουτροφόρος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “λουτροφόρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press