λουτρόν: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τό, in Hom. always [[λοετρόν]], but contr. form in <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Cer.</span>50</span>, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>753</span>; Dor. [[λωτρόν]], Hsch.: ([[λούω]]):—<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[bath]], [[bathing-place]], Hom., always in pl., [[θερμὰ λοετρά]] = [[hot baths]], <span class="bibl">Il.22.444</span>, al.; later [[θερμὰ λουτρά]] <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>670</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>634</span> (lyr.), CratesCom.<span class="bibl">15</span>, etc.; θερμὰ Νυμφᾶν λουτρά <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>12.19</span>; also called Ἡράκλεια λουτρά <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>1051</span>; λοετρὰ Ὠκεανοῖο <span class="bibl">Il.18.489</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.5.275</span>; [[σίτοισι καὶ λουτροῖσι]] = [[in matters of eating and washing]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.52</span>; λουτρῷ χρωμένους Plu.2.1109b: sg. first in Hes. l.c.; τραπέσθαι πρὸς τὸ λ. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>115a</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Oec.</span>9.7</span>: in pl., [[bathing establishment]], τὰ [[δημόσια λουτρά]] <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>1252</span> <span class="title">B</span>22 (iii A. D.), etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[water for bathing]] or [[water for washing]], ὑδάτων ἐνεγκεῖν λουτρά <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>1599</span>; [[ἐν λουτροῖς]] = [[while bathing]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>7.5.59</span>; [[λοῦσαί τινα λουτρόν]] = [[give one a bath]], [[wash one with water]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>1201</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Lys.</span> 469</span>; [[λουτρὸν παρέχειν]] ib.<span class="bibl">377</span>; [[λοῦσθαι λουτρόν]] = [[bathe]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Fr.</span>366</span> (note); λουτρόν ἐστιν, οὐ πότος <span class="bibl">Alex.9</span>; [[νυμφικὰ λουτρά]] = the [[conveying of water to the bride]] (cf. [[λουτροφόρος]]), <span class="bibl">Poll.3.43</span>; in <span class="title">NT</span>, of [[baptism]], <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ep.Eph.</span> 5.26</span>; λ. παλιγγενεσίας <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ep.Tit.</span>3.5</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> in Poets, = [[σπονδαί]], [[libations to the dead]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>84</span>,<span class="bibl">434</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1667</span>, cf. Hsch. [[sub verbo|s.v.]] [[χθόνια λουτρά]].</span>

|mdlsjtxt=[[λουτρόν]], οῦ, [[λούω]]<br /><b class="num">I.</b> a [[bath]], bathing [[place]], Hom.; [[mostly]] in pl., θερμὰ λοετρά hot baths, Il.; [[attic]] θερμὰ λουτρά Aesch., etc.; also called λουτρὰ [[Ἡράκλεια]] Ar.; ὑδάτων λουτρά [[water]] for bathing or [[washing]], Soph.; λοῦσαι τινα [[λουτρόν]] to [[give]] one a [[bath]], Soph.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> in Poets, = σπονδαί or χοαί libations to the [[dead]], Soph., Eur.