νίπτρον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From νίζω (nízō, “to wash the hands”) + -τρον (-tron).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /níp.tron/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈnip.tron/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈnip.tron/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈnip.tron/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈnip.tron/
Noun
νῐ́πτρον • (nĭ́ptron) n (genitive νῐ́πτρου); second declension
Inflection
| 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 tōî 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 | ||||||||||
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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