ἐπίλουτρον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐπι- (epi-) + λουτρόν (loutrón, bath).

Noun

ἐπίλουτρον (epíloutron) n (genitive ἐπιλούτρου); second declension

  1. The fee for a bath at a bathhouse.
    • Lucian, Lexiphanes, 2, A. M. Harmon (ed.), 1936.
      σὺ δέ, ὦ παῖ, στλεγγίδα μοι καὶ βύρσαν καὶ φωσώνια καὶ ῥύμματα ναυστολεῖν ἐς τὸ βαλανεῖον καὶ τοὐπίλουτρον κομίζειν:
      sù dé, ô paî, stlengída moi kaì búrsan kaì phōsṓnia kaì rhúmmata naustoleîn es tò balaneîon kaì toupíloutron komízein:
      You there, servant, bring along my scraper, purse, towel and soap to the bath-house and take care of the fee.

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