νιπτήρ
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From νίζω (nízō, “to wash the hands”) + -τήρ (-tḗr).[1]
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)
References
[edit]- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “νίζω, -ομαι (> DER > 1. > νιπτήρ)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1020-1
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
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- 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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