λαβίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λᾰβή (lăbḗ, “handle”) +‎ -ῐ́ς (-ĭ́s).

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 • (lăbĭ́s) f (genitive λᾰβῐ́δος); third declension

1. (medicine) forceps

   Synonym: πῠρᾰ́γρᾱ (pŭrắgrā)

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 lăbĭ́s	τὼ λᾰβῐ́δε tṑ lăbĭ́de	αἱ λᾰβῐ́δες hai lăbĭ́des
Genitive	τῆς λᾰβῐ́δος tês lăbĭ́dos	τοῖν λᾰβῐ́δοιν toîn lăbĭ́doin	τῶν λᾰβῐ́δων tôn lăbĭ́dōn
Dative	τῇ λᾰβῐ́δῐ têi lăbĭ́dĭ	τοῖν λᾰβῐ́δοιν toîn lăbĭ́doin	ταῖς λᾰβῐ́σῐ / λᾰβῐ́σῐν taîs lăbĭ́sĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν λᾰβῐ́δᾰ tḕn lăbĭ́dă	τὼ λᾰβῐ́δε tṑ lăbĭ́de	τᾱ̀ς λᾰβῐ́δᾰς tā̀s lăbĭ́dăs
Vocative	λᾰβῐ́ς lăbĭ́s	λᾰβῐ́δε lăbĭ́de	λᾰβῐ́δες lăbĭ́des
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 (sărkolăbĭ́s)

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