βαπτιστήριον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From βᾰπτῐ́ζω (baptízō, “to immerge”) +‎ -τήριον (-tḗrion).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bap.tis.tɛ̌ː.ri.on/ → /βap.tisˈti.ri.on/ → /vap.tisˈti.ri.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bap.tis.tɛ̌ː.ri.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /bap.tisˈte̝.ri.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βap.tisˈti.ri.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /vap.tisˈti.ri.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /vap.tisˈti.ri.on/

Noun

βᾰπτῐστήρῐον • (baptistḗrion) n (genitive βᾰπτῐστηρῐ́ου); second declension

1. swimming-bath
2. baptistery

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ βᾰπτῐστήρῐον; τοῦ βᾰπτῐστηρῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: baptistērium
  • → English: baptistry
  • → Italian: battistero

Further reading

• “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)