νίπτρον

νίπτρον, τό, (νίζω)

• water for washing, Poll. 10.78: mostly in pl., A. Fr. 225, E. Ion 1174, Hel. 1384, AP 12.68 (Mel.); παῖδες ν. ἔδοσαν κατὰ χειρῶν Philox. 2.39.
• • II Νίπτρα, τά, the Bath Scene, title of play by Sophocles on the recognition of Odysseus by his nurse; also applied to Od. 19, Arist. Po. 1460a26, and to the Bath Scene in that book, ib. 1454b30.

νίπτρον, τό, das Waschwasser ; Aesch. frg. 210 ; ἐκ κρωσσῶν ὕδωρ χεροῖν ἔπεμπε νίπτρα, Eur. Ion 1174 ; sp.D., νίπτρα ποδῶν, Mel. 14 (XII.68); Nicarch. 8 (IX.330).

νίπτρον, ου, τό, νίζω

• water for washing, mostly in pl., Eur., Anth.