ἐπίλουτρον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐπι- (epi-) +‎ λουτρόν (loutrón, “bath”).

Noun

ἐπίλουτρον • (epíloutron) n (genitive ἐπιλούτρου); second declension

1. The fee for a bath at a bathhouse.
   • Lucian, Lexiphanes, 2, A. M. Harmon (ed.), 1936.

     σὺ δέ, ὦ παῖ, στλεγγίδα μοι καὶ βύρσαν καὶ φωσώνια καὶ ῥύμματα ναυστολεῖν ἐς τὸ βαλανεῖον καὶ τοὐπίλουτρον κομίζειν:

     sù dé, ô paî, stlengída moi kaì búrsan kaì phōsṓnia kaì rhúmmata naustoleîn es tò balaneîon kaì toupíloutron komízein:

     You there, servant, bring along my scraper, purse, towel and soap to the bath-house and take care of the fee.

Declension

Second declension of τὸ ἐπίλουτρον; τοῦ ἐπιλούτρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἐπίλουτρον tò epíloutron	τὼ ἐπιλούτρω tṑ epiloútrō	τᾰ̀ ἐπίλουτρᾰ tằ epíloutră
Genitive	τοῦ ἐπιλούτρου toû epiloútrou	τοῖν ἐπιλούτροιν toîn epiloútroin	τῶν ἐπιλούτρων tôn epiloútrōn
Dative	τῷ ἐπιλούτρῳ tôi epiloútrōi	τοῖν ἐπιλούτροιν toîn epiloútroin	τοῖς ἐπιλούτροις toîs epiloútrois
Accusative	τὸ ἐπίλουτρον tò epíloutron	τὼ ἐπιλούτρω tṑ epiloútrō	τᾰ̀ ἐπίλουτρᾰ tằ epíloutră
Vocative	ἐπίλουτρον epíloutron	ἐπιλούτρω epiloútrō	ἐπίλουτρᾰ epíloutră
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “ἐπίλουτρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἐπίλουτρον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette