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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

  • νυνὶ μὲν οὖν τῇ Τριφυλίᾳ πρὸσ τὴν Μεσσηνίαν ὁρ́ιόν ἐστι τὸ τῆσ Νέδασ ῥεῦμα λάβρον ἐκ τοῦ Λυκαίου κατιὸν Ἀρκαδικοῦ ὄρουσ, ἐκ πηγῆσ ἣν ἀναρρῆξαι τεκοῦσαν τὸν Δία μυθεύεται Ῥέαν νίπτρων χάριν. (Strabo, Geography, Book 8, chapter 3 44:2)

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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