λουτήρ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λούω (loúō, “to wash, bathe”) +‎ -τήρ (-tḗr).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /luː.tɛ̌ːr/ → /luˈtir/ → /luˈtir/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /luː.tɛ̌ːr/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /luˈte̝r/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /luˈtir/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /luˈtir/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /luˈtir/

Noun

λουτήρ • (loutḗr) m (genitive λουτῆρος); third declension

1. bathtub

   Synonyms: ἀσάμινθος (asáminthos), πύελος (púelos)

Declension

Third declension of ὁ λουτήρ; τοῦ λουτῆρος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ λουτήρ ho loutḗr	τὼ λουτῆρε tṑ loutêre	οἱ λουτῆρες hoi loutêres
Genitive	τοῦ λουτῆρος toû loutêros	τοῖν λουτήροιν toîn loutḗroin	τῶν λουτήρων tôn loutḗrōn
Dative	τῷ λουτῆρῐ tôi loutêri	τοῖν λουτήροιν toîn loutḗroin	τοῖς λουτῆρσῐ / λουτῆρσῐν toîs loutêrsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν λουτῆρᾰ tòn loutêra	τὼ λουτῆρε tṑ loutêre	τοὺς λουτῆρᾰς toùs loutêras
Vocative	λουτήρ loutḗr	λουτῆρε loutêre	λουτῆρες loutêres
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin lūtēr

Further reading

• “λουτήρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• λουτήρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette