κολυμβήθρα

English (LSJ)

ἡ,

   A place for diving, swimming-bath, Pl.R.453d, D.S.11.25; κ. μύρου Alex.300.    II wine-vat, tun, D.S.13.83.    III reservoir, cistern, LXX 4 Ki.18.17.    IV baptismal font, POxy.147 (vi A.D.).

German (Pape)

[Seite 1476] ἡ, Ort zum Untertauchen, zum Baden; Plat. Rep. V, 453 d; κολυμβᾶν εἰς κολυμβήθραν μύρου Alexis bei Ath. I, 18 c; Sp., wie D. Sic. 4, 78. 11, 25.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

κολυμβήθρα: ἡ, τόπος διὰ κολύμβημα, Πλάτ. Πολ. 453D· κολυμβᾶν εἰς κολυμβήθραν μύρου Ἄλεξ. ἐν Ἀδήλ. 28. ΙΙ. παρ’ Ἐκκλ. ὡς καὶ νῦν, σκεῦος πρὸς βάπτισιν, Συλλ. Ἐπιγρ. 3726b, κ. ἀλλ.

French (Bailly abrégé)

ας (ἡ) :
piscine, bain.
Étymologie: κολυμβάω.

Spanish

piscina

English (Strong)

from κολυμβάω; a diving-place, i.e. pond for bathing (or swimming): pool.

English (Thayer)

κολυμβήθρας, ἡ (κολυμβάω), a place for diving, a swimming-pool (A. V. simply pool): in 11; a reservoir or pool used for bathing, R L), 7). (Plato, rep. 5, p. 453d.; Diodorus, Joseph, others; the Sept., Nahum 2:8.)