λαβή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λαμβάνω (lambánō, “to take, grasp”) +‎ -ή (-ḗ).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /la.bɛ̌ː/ → /laˈβi/ → /laˈvi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /la.bɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /laˈbe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /laˈβi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /laˈvi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /laˈvi/

Noun

λᾰβή • (labḗ) f (genitive λᾰβῆς); first declension

1. handle, haft
2. (as a pugilistic term) grip, hold
3. (figuratively) handle, occasion
4. attack of fever
5. taking, accepting
6. turn of a bandage
7. (anatomy, in the plural) insertions, attachments of muscles
8. eye of a needle

   Synonym: κύαρ (kúar)

Declension

First declension of ἡ λᾰβή; τῆς λᾰβῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ λᾰβή hē labḗ	τὼ λᾰβᾱ́ tṑ labā́	αἱ λᾰβαί hai labaí
Genitive	τῆς λᾰβῆς tês labês	τοῖν λᾰβαῖν toîn labaîn	τῶν λᾰβῶν tôn labôn
Dative	τῇ λᾰβῇ têi labêi	τοῖν λᾰβαῖν toîn labaîn	ταῖς λᾰβαῖς taîs labaîs
Accusative	τὴν λᾰβήν tḕn labḗn	τὼ λᾰβᾱ́ tṑ labā́	τᾱ̀ς λᾰβᾱ́ς tā̀s labā́s
Vocative	λᾰβή labḗ	λᾰβᾱ́ labā́	λᾰβαί labaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• λᾰβῐ́δῐον (labídion)
• λᾰβῐδόω (labidóō)
• λᾰ́βῐον (lábion)
• λᾰβῐ́ς (labís)

 

Descendants

• Greek: λαβή (laví)

Further reading

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

Greek

Noun

λαβή • (laví) f (plural λαβές)

1. handle
2. hilt
3. grip, handgrip, handhold, grasp

Declension

Declension of λαβή

	singular	plural
nominative	λαβή (laví)	λαβές (lavés)
genitive	λαβής (lavís)	λαβών (lavón)
accusative	λαβή (laví)	λαβές (lavés)
vocative	λαβή (laví)	λαβές (lavés)