λουτρόν

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• λοετρόν (loetrón) — Epic

Etymology

Inherited 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. By surface analysis, λούω (loúō) +‎ -τρον (-tron).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /luː.trón/ → /luˈtron/ → /luˈtron/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /luː.trón/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /luˈtron/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /luˈtron/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /luˈtron/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /luˈtron/

• Hyphenation: λου‧τρόν

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) and ζυγόν (zugón), 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 tằ loutrắ
Genitive	τοῦ λουτροῦ toû loutroû	τοῖν λουτροῖν toîn loutroîn	τῶν λουτρῶν tôn loutrôn
Dative	τῷ λουτρῷ tōî loutrōî	τοῖν λουτροῖν toîn loutroîn	τοῖς λουτροῖς toîs loutroîs
Accusative	τὸ λουτρόν tò loutrón	τὼ λουτρώ tṑ loutrṓ	τᾰ̀ λουτρᾰ́ tằ loutrắ
Vocative	λουτρόν loutrón	λουτρώ loutrṓ	λουτρᾰ́ loutrắ
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἐπίλουτρον (epíloutron)
• λουτροφόρος (loutrophóros)

Related terms

• λούω (loúō)

Descendants

• > Greek: λουτρό (loutró) (inherited)

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