νιπτήρ

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From νίζω (nízō, “to wash the hands”) +‎ -τήρ (-tḗr).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

νῐπτήρ • (nĭptḗr) m (genitive νῐπτῆρος); third declension

  1. washbasin

Declension

Third declension of ὁ νῐπτήρ; τοῦ νῐπτῆρος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ νῐπτήρ
ho nĭptḗr 		τὼ νῐπτῆρε
tṑ nĭptêre 		οἱ νῐπτῆρες
hoi nĭptêres
Genitive τοῦ νῐπτῆρος
toû nĭptêros 		τοῖν νῐπτήροιν
toîn nĭptḗroin 		τῶν νῐπτήρων
tôn nĭptḗrōn
Dative τῷ νῐπτῆρῐ
tôi nĭptêrĭ 		τοῖν νῐπτήροιν
toîn nĭptḗroin 		τοῖς νῐπτῆρσῐ / νῐπτῆρσῐν
toîs nĭptêrsĭ(n)
Accusative τὸν νῐπτῆρᾰ
tòn nĭptêră 		τὼ νῐπτῆρε
tṑ nĭptêre 		τοὺς νῐπτῆρᾰς
toùs nĭptêrăs
Vocative νῐπτήρ
nĭptḗr 		νῐπτῆρε
nĭptêre 		νῐπτῆρες
nĭptêres
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Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: νιπτήρας (niptíras)

References

  1. ^ 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

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