λαβίς
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From λᾰβή (labḗ, “handle”) + -ῐ́ς (-ís).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /la.bís/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /laˈbis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /laˈβis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /laˈvis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /laˈvis/
Noun
λᾰβῐ́ς • (labís) f (genitive λᾰβῐ́δος); third declension
- (medicine) forceps
- Synonym: πῠρᾰ́γρᾱ (purágrā)
- clamp, clasp
- tongs or snuffers to trim lamps
Inflection
Third declension of ἡ λᾰβῐ́ς; τῆς λᾰβῐ́δος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ λᾰβῐ́ς hē labís | τὼ λᾰβῐ́δε tṑ labíde | αἱ λᾰβῐ́δες hai labídes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς λᾰβῐ́δος tês labídos | τοῖν λᾰβῐ́δοιν toîn labídoin | τῶν λᾰβῐ́δων tôn labídōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ λᾰβῐ́δῐ têi labídi | λᾰβῐ́δοιν labídoin | ταῖς λᾰβῐ́σῐ / λᾰβῐ́σῐν taîs labísi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν λᾰβῐ́δᾰ tḕn labída | λᾰβῐ́δε labíde | τᾱ̀ς λᾰβῐ́δᾰς tā̀s labídas | ||||||||||
Vocative | λᾰβῐ́ς labís | λᾰβῐ́δε labíde | λᾰβῐ́δες labídes | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- σᾰρκολᾰβῐ́ς (sarkolabís)
Descendants
- Greek: λαβίδα (lavída)
Further reading
- λαβίς in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- λαβίς in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- λαβίς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette