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νίπτρον

Second declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: νίπτρον νίπτρου

Structure: νιπτρ (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Etym.: ni/zw

Sense

  1. water for washing

Declension

Second declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative νίπτρον νίπτρω νίπτρα
Genitive νίπτρου νίπτροιν νίπτρων
Dative νίπτρῳ νίπτροιν νίπτροις
Accusative νίπτρον νίπτρω νίπτρα
Vocative νίπτρον νίπτρω νίπτρα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἔκ τε γὰρ κρωσσῶν ὕδωρ χεροῖν ἔπεμπε νίπτρα, κἀξεθυμία σμύρνησ ἱδρῶτα, χρυσέων τ’ ἐκπωμάτων ἦρχ’, αὐτὸσ αὑτῷ τόνδε προστάξασ πόνον. (Euripides, Ion, episode 2:17)
  • προύργου δ’ ἐσ ἀλκὴν σῶμ’ ὅπλοισ ἠσκήσατο, ὡσ βαρβάρων τρόπαια μυρίων χερὶ θήσων, ὅταν κωπῆρεσ ἐσβῶμεν σκάφοσ, πέπλουσ δ’ ἀμείψασ’ ἀντὶ ναυφθόρου στολῆσ ἐγώ νιν ἐξήσκησα, καὶ λουτροῖσ χρόα ἔδωκα, χρόνια νίπτρα ποταμίασ δρόσου. (Euripides, Helen, episode6)
  • ἀρκοῦμαι δ’, ἢν μοῦνον ὁ παῖσ ἀνιὼν ἐσ Ὄλυμπον, ἐκ γῆσ νίπτρα ποδῶν δάκρυα τἀμὰ λάβῃ, μναμόσυνον στοργῆσ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 12, chapter 68 1:1)
  • ποσσὶ δὲ μὴ ποτὶ νίπτρα φέρειν κρυστάλλινα Νυμφᾶν δῶρα, τὸν ὑβριστὰν εἰσ ἐμὲ δερκόμενοσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 330 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. water for washing

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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