νίπτρον

English (LSJ)

τό, (νίζω)

   A water for washing, Poll.10.78: mostly in pl., A.Fr.225, E.Ion1174, Hel.1384, AP12.68 (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.