ἰπνολέβης

ἰπνολέβης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἰπνός (ipnós, “oven, furnace”) +‎ λέβης (lébēs, “kettle, cauldron”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /i.pno.lé.bɛːs/ → /i.pnoˈle.βis/ → /i.pnoˈle.vis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /i.pno.lé.bɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /i.pnoˈle.be̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.pnoˈle.βis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.pnoˈle.vis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.pnoˈle.vis/

Noun

ἰπνολέβης • (ipnolébēs) m (genitive ἰπνολέβητος); third declension

1. boiler, cauldron

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ ἰπνολέβης; τοῦ ἰπνολέβητος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἰπνολέβης ho ipnolébēs	τὼ ἰπνολέβητε tṑ ipnolébēte	οἱ ἰπνολέβητες hoi ipnolébētes
Genitive	τοῦ ἰπνολέβητος toû ipnolébētos	τοῖν ἰπνολεβήτοιν toîn ipnolebḗtoin	τῶν ἰπνολεβήτων tôn ipnolebḗtōn
Dative	τῷ ἰπνολέβητῐ tôi ipnolébēti	τοῖν ἰπνολεβήτοιν toîn ipnolebḗtoin	τοῖς ἰπνολέβησῐ / ἰπνολέβησῐν toîs ipnolébēsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν ἰπνολέβητᾰ tòn ipnolébēta	τὼ ἰπνολέβητε tṑ ipnolébēte	τοὺς ἰπνολέβητᾰς toùs ipnolébētas
Vocative	ἰπνολέβης ipnolébēs	ἰπνολέβητε ipnolébēte	ἰπνολέβητες ipnolébētes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ts.

Derived terms

• ἰπνολεβήτιον (ipnolebḗtion)

Further reading

• “ἰπνολέβης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἰπνολέβης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette