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 • (níptron) 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 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	τοῖν νῐ́πτροιν toîn níptroin	τοῖς νῐ́πτροις toîs níptrois
Accusative	τὸ νῐ́πτρον tò níptron	τὼ νῐ́πτρω tṑ níptrō	τᾰ̀ νῐ́πτρᾰ tà níptra
Vocative	νῐ́πτρον níptron	νῐ́πτρω níptrō	νῐ́πτρᾰ níptra
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