νιπτήρ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From νίζω (nízō, “to wash the hands”) +‎ -τήρ (-tḗr).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /nip.tɛ̌ːr/ → /nipˈtir/ → /nipˈtir/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /nip.tɛ̌ːr/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /nipˈte̝r/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /nipˈtir/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /nipˈtir/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /nipˈtir/

Noun

νῐπτήρ • (niptḗr) m (genitive νῐπτῆρος); third declension

1. washbasin

Declension

Third declension of ὁ νῐπτήρ; τοῦ νῐπτῆρος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ νῐπτήρ ho niptḗr	τὼ νῐπτῆρε tṑ niptêre	οἱ νῐπτῆρες hoi niptêres
Genitive	τοῦ νῐπτῆρος toû niptêros	τοῖν νῐπτήροιν toîn niptḗroin	τῶν νῐπτήρων tôn niptḗrōn
Dative	τῷ νῐπτῆρῐ tôi niptêri	τοῖν νῐπτήροιν toîn niptḗroin	τοῖς νῐπτῆρσῐ / νῐπτῆρσῐν toîs niptêrsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν νῐπτῆρᾰ tòn niptêra	τὼ νῐπτῆρε tṑ niptêre	τοὺς νῐπτῆρᾰς toùs niptêras
Vocative	νῐπτήρ niptḗr	νῐπτῆρε niptêre	νῐπτῆρες niptêres
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ποδανιπτήρ (podaniptḗr)

Descendants

• Greek: νιπτήρας (niptíras)

Further reading

• “νιπτήρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “νιπτήρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• νιπτήρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette