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νίπτρον

Second declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: νίπτρον νίπτρου

Structure: νιπτρ (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Etym.: ni/zw

Sense

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)
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

water for washing
- χέρνιψ (water for washing the hands)
- ποδάνιπτρον (water for washing the feet in)
- λουτρόν (a bath, bathing place, baths)
- πλύσις (a washing)
- ὄμβρος (water)
- κρήνη ( waters)
- ἐφυδριάς (of the water)
- ὑδριάς (of the water)
- ὕδωρ (water)
- ἀρδεία (a watering)

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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