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Ancient Greek
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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
- bath, bathing-place
- bath, water used for bathing
- (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.
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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