βαπτιστήριον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

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
tōî 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

Further reading

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