λουτρόν
Ancient Greek
Etymology
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From Proto-Indo-European *lówh₃trom (“that which is used for washing”), from *lewh₃- (“to wash, bathe”); see there for further cognates.
Noun
λουτρόν • (loutrón) n (genitive λουτροῦ); second declension
Usage notes
- Along with πτερόν (pterón), ᾠόν (ōión), ζυγόν (zugón) and ἑρπετόν (herpetón), this is one of the very few neuter nouns that have not a recessive accent.
Inflection
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἐπίλουτρον (epíloutron)
Related terms
- λούω (loúō)
Descendants
- Greek: λουτρό (loutró)
Further reading
- “λουτρόν”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press