χειρόνιπτρον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χείρ (kheír, “hand”) +‎ νίπτρον (níptron, “water for washing”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰeː.ró.nip.tron/ → /çiˈro.nip.tron/ → /çiˈro.nip.tron/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰeː.ró.nip.tron/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰiˈro.nip.tron/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /çiˈro.nip.tron/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /çiˈro.nip.tron/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /çiˈro.nip.tron/

Noun

χειρόνῐπτρον • (kheiróniptron) n (genitive χειρονῐ́πτρου); second declension

1. basin for washing the hands
2. water for washing the hands

   Synonym: χέρνιψ (khérnips)

Declension

Second declension of τὸ χειρόνῐπτρον; τοῦ χειρονῐ́πτρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ χειρόνῐπτρον tò kheiróniptron	τὼ χειρονῐ́πτρω tṑ kheironíptrō	τᾰ̀ χειρόνῐπτρᾰ tà kheiróniptra
Genitive	τοῦ χειρονῐ́πτρου toû kheironíptrou	τοῖν χειρονῐ́πτροιν toîn kheironíptroin	τῶν χειρονῐ́πτρων tôn kheironíptrōn
Dative	τῷ χειρονῐ́πτρῳ tôi kheironíptrōi	τοῖν χειρονῐ́πτροιν toîn kheironíptroin	τοῖς χειρονῐ́πτροις toîs kheironíptrois
Accusative	τὸ χειρόνῐπτρον tò kheiróniptron	τὼ χειρονῐ́πτρω tṑ kheironíptrō	τᾰ̀ χειρόνῐπτρᾰ tà kheiróniptra
Vocative	χειρόνῐπτρον kheiróniptron	χειρονῐ́πτρω kheironíptrō	χειρόνῐπτρᾰ kheiróniptra
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “χειρόνιπτρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• χειρόνιπτρον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette