λαβή
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From λαμβάνω (lambánō, “to take, grasp”) + -ή (-ḗ).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /la.bɛ̌ː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /laˈbe̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /laˈβi/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /laˈvi/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /laˈvi/
Noun
λᾰβή • (labḗ) f (genitive λᾰβῆς); first declension
- handle, haft
- (as a pugilistic term) grip, hold
- (figuratively) handle, occasion
- attack of fever
- taking, accepting
- turn of a bandage
- (anatomy, in the plural) insertions, attachments of muscles
- eye of a needle
- Synonym: κύαρ (kúar)
Declension
First declension of ἡ λᾰβή; τῆς λᾰβῆς (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ λᾰβή hē labḗ | τὼ λᾰβᾱ́ tṑ labā́ | αἱ λᾰβαί hai labaí | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς λᾰβῆς tês labês | τοῖν λᾰβαῖν toîn labaîn | τῶν λᾰβῶν tôn labôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ λᾰβῇ têi labêi | τοῖν λᾰβαῖν toîn labaîn | ταῖς λᾰβαῖς taîs labaîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν λᾰβήν tḕn labḗn | τὼ λᾰβᾱ́ tṑ labā́ | τᾱ̀ς λᾰβᾱ́ς tā̀s labā́s | ||||||||||
Vocative | λᾰβή labḗ | λᾰβᾱ́ labā́ | λᾰβαί labaí | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- λᾰβῐ́δῐον (labídion)
- λᾰβῐδόω (labidóō)
- λᾰ́βῐον (lábion)
- λᾰβῐ́ς (labís)
Descendants
- Greek: λαβή (laví)
Further reading
- “λαβή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “λαβή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- λαβή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Greek
Noun
λαβή • (laví) f (plural λαβές)
- handle
- hilt
- grip, handgrip, handhold, grasp
Declension
declension of λαβή
case \\ number | singular | plural |
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nominative | λαβή • | λαβές • |
genitive | λαβής • | λαβών • |
accusative | λαβή • | λαβές • |
vocative | λαβή • | λαβές • |