# Lexicon in decem oratores Atticos ΛΟΥΤΡΟΦΟΡΟΣ

Harpocration, Valerius, Lexicon in decem oratores Atticos, Letter l. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/harpocration-valerius/lexicon-in-decem-oratores-atticos/%CE%9B%CE%9F%CE%A5%CE%A4%CE%A1%CE%9F%CE%A6%CE%9F%CE%A1%CE%9F%CE%A3

ΛΟΥΤΡΟΦΟΡΟΣ καὶ ΛΟΥΤΡΟΦΟΡΕΙΝ· ἔθος ἦν τοῖς γαμοῦσι λουτρὰ μεταπέμπεσθαι ἑαυτοῖς κατὰ τὴν τοῦ γάμον ἡμέραν, ἔπεμπον δ’ ἐπὶ ταῦτα τὸν ἐγγύτατα γένους παῖδα ἄρρενα, καὶ οὗτοι ἐλουτροφόρουν. ἔθος δὲ ἦν καὶ τῶν ἀγάμων ἀποθανόντων λουτροφόρον ἐπὶ τὸ μνῆμα ἐφίστασθαι· τοῦτο δὲ ἦν παῖς ὑδρίαν ἔχων. λέγει περὶ τούτων Δείναρχος ἔν τε τῷ κατὰ Θεοδότου καὶ ἐν τῇ κατὰ Καλλισθένους εἰσαγγελίᾳ. ὅτι δὲ τὰ λουτρὰ ἐκόμιζον ἐκ τῆς νῦν μὲν Ἐννεακρούνου καλουμένης κρήνης, πρότερον δὲ Καλλιρρόης, Φιλοστέφανος ἐν τῷ περὶ κρηνῶν φησί. μέμνηνται δὲ τοῦ ἔθους οἱ κωμικοί.

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Harpocration, Valerius, Lexicon in decem oratores Atticos, ed. Wilhelm Dindorf. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg1389.tlg001.local001/.