Ancient Greek

Noun

λουτρόν • ‎(loutrón) n ‎(genitive λουτροῦ); second declension

1. bath, bathing-place
2. water used for bathing
3. (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 have not a recessive accent.

Inflection

Related terms

• λούω ‎(loúō)

Descendants

• Greek: λουτρό ‎(loutró)

References

• λουτρόν in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press