νίπτρον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From νίζω (nízō, “to wash the hands”) +‎ -τρον (-tron).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /níp.tron/ → /ˈnip.tron/ → /ˈnip.tron/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /níp.tron/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈnip.tron/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈnip.tron/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈnip.tron/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈnip.tron/

Noun

νῐ́πτρον • (nĭ́ptron) n (genitive νῐ́πτρου); second declension

1. water for washing

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ νῐ́πτρον; τοῦ νῐ́πτρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ νῐ́πτρον tò nĭ́ptron	τὼ νῐ́πτρω tṑ nĭ́ptrō	τᾰ̀ νῐ́πτρᾰ tằ nĭ́ptră
Genitive	τοῦ νῐ́πτρου toû nĭ́ptrou	τοῖν νῐ́πτροιν toîn nĭ́ptroin	τῶν νῐ́πτρων tôn nĭ́ptrōn
Dative	τῷ νῐ́πτρῳ tôi nĭ́ptrōi	τοῖν νῐ́πτροιν toîn nĭ́ptroin	τοῖς νῐ́πτροις toîs nĭ́ptrois
Accusative	τὸ νῐ́πτρον tò nĭ́ptron	τὼ νῐ́πτρω tṑ nĭ́ptrō	τᾰ̀ νῐ́πτρᾰ tằ nĭ́ptră
Vocative	νῐ́πτρον nĭ́ptron	νῐ́πτρω nĭ́ptrō	νῐ́πτρᾰ nĭ́ptră
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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