νιπτήρ

Ancient Greek

From νίζω (nízō, “to wash the hands”) +‎ -τήρ (-tḗr).

νῐπτήρ • (niptḗr) m (genitive νῐπτῆρος); third declension

Third declension of ὁ νῐπτήρ; τοῦ νῐπτῆρος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ νῐπτήρ ho niptḗr	τὼ νῐπτῆρε tṑ niptêre	οἱ νῐπτῆρες hoi niptêres
Genitive	τοῦ νῐπτῆρος toû niptêros	τοῖν νῐπτήροιν toîn niptḗroin	τῶν νῐπτήρων tôn niptḗrōn
Dative	τῷ νῐπτῆρῐ tôi niptêri	τοῖν νῐπτήροιν toîn niptḗroin	τοῖς νῐπτῆρσῐ / νῐπτῆρσῐν toîs niptêrsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν νῐπτῆρᾰ tòn niptêra	τὼ νῐπτῆρε tṑ niptêre	τοὺς νῐπτῆρᾰς toùs niptêras
Vocative	νῐπτήρ niptḗr	νῐπτῆρε niptêre	νῐπτῆρες niptêres
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.