λουτρόν

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• λοετρόν (loetrón) — Epic

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *lewotrón, whence also Mycenaean Greek 𐀩𐀺𐀵𐀫 (re-wo-to-ro /⁠lewotrón⁠/), from Proto-Indo-European *léwh₃trom (“that which is used for washing”), from *lewh₃- (“to wash, bathe”); see there for further cognates. Equivalent to λούω (loúō) +‎ -τρον (-tron).

Noun

λουτρόν • (loutrón) n (genitive λουτροῦ); second declension

1. bath, bathing-place
2. bath, water used for bathing
3. (poetic) libation to the dead

Usage notes

• Along with πτερόν (pterón), ᾠόν (ōión), ζυγόν (zugón) and ἑρπετόν (herpetón), this is one of the very few neuter nouns that does not have a recessive accent.

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ λουτρόν; τοῦ λουτροῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ λουτρόν tò loutrón	τὼ λουτρώ tṑ loutrṓ	τᾰ̀ λουτρᾰ́ tà loutrá
Genitive	τοῦ λουτροῦ toû loutroû	τοῖν λουτροῖν toîn loutroîn	τῶν λουτρῶν tôn loutrôn
Dative	τῷ λουτρῷ tôi loutrôi	τοῖν λουτροῖν toîn loutroîn	τοῖς λουτροῖς toîs loutroîs
Accusative	τὸ λουτρόν tò loutrón	τὼ λουτρώ tṑ loutrṓ	τᾰ̀ λουτρᾰ́ tà loutrá
Vocative	λουτρόν loutrón	λουτρώ loutrṓ	λουτρᾰ́ loutrá
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἐπίλουτρον (epíloutron)

Related terms

• λούω (loúō)

Descendants

• Greek: λουτρό (loutró)

Further reading

• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “λούω, -ομαι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 872–873
• “λουτρόν”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press