λουτρόν

English (LSJ)

τό, in Hom. always λοετρόν, but contr. form in h.Cer.50, Hes.Op.753; Dor. λωτρόν, Hsch.: (λούω):—

   A bath, bathing-place, Hom., always in pl., θερμὰ λοετρά hot bath, Il.22.444, al.; later θερμὰ λουτρά A.Ch.670, S.Tr.634 (lyr.), CratesCom.15, etc.; θερμὰ Νυμφᾶν λουτρά Pi.O.12.19; also called Ἡράκλεια λουτρά Ar.Nu.1051; λοετρὰ Ὠκεανοῖο Il.18.489, Od.5.275; σίτοισι καὶ λουτροῖσι in matters of eating and washing, Hdt.6.52; λουτρῷ χρωμένους Plu.2.1109b: sg. first in Hes. l.c.; τραπέσθαι πρὸς τὸ λ. Pl.Phd.115a, cf. X.Oec.9.7: in pl., bathing-establishment, τὰ δημόσια λ. POxy.1252 B22 (iii A. D.), etc.    2 water for bathing or washing, ὑδάτων ἐνεγκεῖν λουτρά S.OC1599; ἐν λουτροῖς while bathing, X.Cyr.7.5.59; λοῦσαί τινα λουτρόν give one a bath, wash one with water, S.Ant.1201, Ar.Lys. 469; λουτρὸν παρέχειν ib.377; λοῦσθαι λουτρόν bathe, A.Fr.366 (note); λουτρόν ἐστιν, οὐ πότος Alex.9; νυμφικὰ λουτρά the conveying of water to the bride (cf. λουτροφόρος), Poll.3.43; in NT, of baptism, Ep.Eph. 5.26; λ. παλιγγενεσίας Ep.Tit.3.5.    II in Poets, = σπονδαί, libations to the dead, S.El.84,434, E.Ph.1667, cf. Hsch. s.v. χθόνια λ.