νίπτρον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τό, (νίζω) <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[water for washing]], <span class="bibl">Poll.10.78</span>: mostly in pl., <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Fr.</span>225</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ion</span>1174</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Hel.</span>1384</span>, <span class="title">AP</span>12.68 (Mel.); παῖδες ν. ἔδοσαν κατὰ χειρῶν <span class="bibl">Philox.2.39</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b3">Νίπτρα, τά,</b> the [[Bath Scene]], title of play by Sophocles on the recognition of Odysseus by his nurse; also applied to <span class="bibl">Od.19</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Po.</span>1460a26</span>, and to the [[Bath Scene]] in that book, ib.<span class="bibl">1454b30</span>.</span>