ἐπίλουτρον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἐπι- (epi-) + λουτρόν (loutrón, “bath”).
Noun
ἐπίλουτρον • (epíloutron) n (genitive ἐπιλούτρου); second declension
- 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.
- Lucian, Lexiphanes, 2, A. M. Harmon (ed.), 1936.
Declension
| 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 tōî 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 | ||||||||||
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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