λαβίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λᾰβή (labḗ, “handle”) +‎ -ῐ́ς (-ís).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /la.bís/ → /laˈβis/ → /laˈvis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /la.bís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /laˈbis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /laˈβis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /laˈvis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /laˈvis/

Noun

λᾰβῐ́ς • (labís) f (genitive λᾰβῐ́δος); third declension

1. (medicine) forceps

   Synonym: πῠρᾰ́γρᾱ (purágrā)

2. clamp, clasp
3. tongs or snuffers to trim lamps

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ λᾰβῐ́ς; τῆς λᾰβῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
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	τοῖν λᾰβῐ́δοιν toîn labídoin	ταῖς λᾰβῐ́σῐ / λᾰβῐ́σῐν taîs labísi(n)
Accusative	τὴν λᾰβῐ́δᾰ tḕn labída	τὼ λᾰβῐ́δε tṑ labíde	τᾱ̀ς λᾰβῐ́δᾰς tā̀s labídas
Vocative	λᾰβῐ́ς labís	λᾰβῐ́δε labíde	λᾰβῐ́δες labídes
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 *-ds.

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