βαπτιστήριον
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editFrom βᾰπτῐ́ζω (baptízō, “to immerge”) + -τήριον (-tḗrion).
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /bap.tis.tɛ̌ː.ri.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /bap.tisˈte̝.ri.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /βap.tisˈti.ri.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /vap.tisˈti.ri.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /vap.tisˈti.ri.on/
Noun
editβᾰπτῐστήρῐον • (baptistḗrion) n (genitive βᾰπτῐστηρῐ́ου); second declension
Inflection
editCase / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ βᾰπτῐστήρῐον tò baptistḗrion |
τὼ βᾰπτῐστηρῐ́ω tṑ baptistēríō |
τᾰ̀ βᾰπτῐστήρῐᾰ tà baptistḗria | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ βᾰπτῐστηρῐ́ου toû baptistēríou |
τοῖν βᾰπτῐστηρῐ́οιν toîn baptistēríoin |
τῶν βᾰπτῐστηρῐ́ων tôn baptistēríōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ βᾰπτῐστηρῐ́ῳ tôi baptistēríōi |
τοῖν βᾰπτῐστηρῐ́οιν toîn baptistēríoin |
τοῖς βᾰπτῐστηρῐ́οις toîs baptistēríois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ βᾰπτῐστήρῐον tò baptistḗrion |
τὼ βᾰπτῐστηρῐ́ω tṑ baptistēríō |
τᾰ̀ βᾰπτῐστήρῐᾰ tà baptistḗria | ||||||||||
Vocative | βᾰπτῐστήρῐον baptistḗrion |
βᾰπτῐστηρῐ́ω baptistēríō |
βᾰπτῐστήρῐᾰ baptistḗria | ||||||||||
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Descendants
edit- → Latin: baptistērium
- → English: baptistry
- → Italian: battistero
Further reading
edit- “βαπτιστήριον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- βαπτιστήριον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- βαπτιστήριον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)