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

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

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
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