νίπτρον,τό, (νίζω)
A. water for washing,
Poll. 10.78 : mostly in pl., A. Fr. 225 , E. Ion 1174 , Hel. 1384 , AP 12.68 ( Mel. ); παῖδες ν. ἔδοσαν κατὰ χειρῶν
Philox. 2.39
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II. Νίπτρα,τά,theBath Scene,title of play by Sophocles on the recognition of Odysseus by his nurse; also applied to Od. 19 , Arist. Po. 1460a26 , and to theBath Scenein that book, ib. 1454b30 .