λιβάς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λείβω (leíbō, “to pour”) +‎ -ᾰ́ς (-ắs). Doublet of λῐ́βος (lĭ́bos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /li.bás/ → /liˈβas/ → /liˈvas/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /li.bás/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /liˈbas/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /liˈβas/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /liˈvas/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /liˈvas/

Noun

λῐβᾰ́ς • (lĭbắs) f (genitive λῐβᾰ́δος); third declension

1. anything that drips or trickles

   Synonym: λῐ́βος (lĭ́bos)

2. spring, fount, stream
3. (in the plural) pools of water that collect after rain
4. vessel that drips when under the influence of heat, a rudimentary thermometer

Declension

Third declension of ἡ λῐβᾰ́ς; τῆς λῐβᾰ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ λῐβᾰ́ς hē lĭbắs	τὼ λῐβᾰ́δε tṑ lĭbắde	αἱ λῐβᾰ́δες hai lĭbắdes
Genitive	τῆς λῐβᾰ́δος tês lĭbắdos	τοῖν λῐβᾰ́δοιν toîn lĭbắdoin	τῶν λῐβᾰ́δων tôn lĭbắdōn
Dative	τῇ λῐβᾰ́δῐ tēî lĭbắdĭ	τοῖν λῐβᾰ́δοιν toîn lĭbắdoin	ταῖς λῐβᾰ́σῐ / λῐβᾰ́σῐν taîs lĭbắsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν λῐβᾰ́δᾰ tḕn lĭbắdă	τὼ λῐβᾰ́δε tṑ lĭbắde	τᾱ̀ς λῐβᾰ́δᾰς tā̀s lĭbắdăs
Vocative	λῐβᾰ́ς lĭbắs	λῐβᾰ́δε lĭbắde	λῐβᾰ́δες lĭbắdes
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 *-δς (*-ds).

Derived terms

• λῐβᾰ́δῐον (lĭbắdĭon)

Further reading

• “λιβάς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “λιβάς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• λιβάς in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette