χειρόνιπτρον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χείρ (kheír, “hand”) +‎ νίπτρον (níptron, “water for washing”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

χειρόνῐπτρον • (kheirónĭptron) n (genitive χειρονῐ́πτρου); second declension

  1. basin for washing the hands
  2. water for washing the hands
    Synonym: χέρνιψ (khérnips)

Declension

Second declension of τὸ χειρόνῐπτρον; τοῦ χειρονῐ́πτρου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ χειρόνῐπτρον
tò kheirónĭptron 		τὼ χειρονῐ́πτρω
tṑ kheironĭ́ptrō 		τᾰ̀ χειρόνῐπτρᾰ
tằ kheirónĭptră
Genitive τοῦ χειρονῐ́πτρου
toû kheironĭ́ptrou 		τοῖν χειρονῐ́πτροιν
toîn kheironĭ́ptroin 		τῶν χειρονῐ́πτρων
tôn kheironĭ́ptrōn
Dative τῷ χειρονῐ́πτρῳ
tōî kheironĭ́ptrōi 		τοῖν χειρονῐ́πτροιν
toîn kheironĭ́ptroin 		τοῖς χειρονῐ́πτροις
toîs kheironĭ́ptrois
Accusative τὸ χειρόνῐπτρον
tò kheirónĭptron 		τὼ χειρονῐ́πτρω
tṑ kheironĭ́ptrō 		τᾰ̀ χειρόνῐπτρᾰ
tằ kheirónĭptră
Vocative χειρόνῐπτρον
kheirónĭptron 		χειρονῐ́πτρω
kheironĭ́ptrō 		χειρόνῐπτρᾰ
kheirónĭptră
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

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