λουτρόν

λουτρόν, τό, in Hom. always [full] λοετρόν, but [var] contr. form in h.Cer.50, Hes.Op.753; [dialect] Dor. [full] λωτρόν, Hsch.: ([etym.] 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.