νιπτήρ
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Ancient Greek[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From νίζω (nízō, “to wash the hands”) + -τήρ (-tḗr).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /nip.tɛ̌ːr/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /nipˈte̝r/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /nipˈtir/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /nipˈtir/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /nipˈtir/
Noun[edit]
νῐπτήρ • (niptḗr) m (genitive νῐπτῆρος); third declension
Declension[edit]
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||
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Derived terms[edit]
- ποδανιπτήρ (podaniptḗr)
Descendants[edit]
- Greek: νιπτήρας (niptíras)
Further reading[edit]
- “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
Categories:
- Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -τήρ
- Ancient Greek 2-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek nouns
- Ancient Greek oxytone terms
- Ancient Greek masculine nouns
- Ancient Greek third-declension nouns
- Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension
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