λιβάς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λείβω (leíbō, “to pour”) +‎ -ᾰ́ς (-ás).

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 • (libás) f (genitive λῐβᾰ́δος); third declension

1. anything that drips or trickles
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 libás	τὼ λῐβᾰ́δε tṑ libáde	αἱ λῐβᾰ́δες hai libádes
Genitive	τῆς λῐβᾰ́δος tês libádos	τοῖν λῐβᾰ́δοιν toîn libádoin	τῶν λῐβᾰ́δων tôn libádōn
Dative	τῇ λῐβᾰ́δῐ têi libádi	τοῖν λῐβᾰ́δοιν toîn libádoin	ταῖς λῐβᾰ́σῐ / λῐβᾰ́σῐν taîs libási(n)
Accusative	τὴν λῐβᾰ́δᾰ tḕn libáda	τὼ λῐβᾰ́δε tṑ libáde	τᾱ̀ς λῐβᾰ́δᾰς tā̀s libádas
Vocative	λῐβᾰ́ς libás	λῐβᾰ́δε libáde	λῐβᾰ́δες libádes
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

• λῐβᾰ́δῐον (libádion)

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