σαρκολαβίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σᾰ́ρξ (sắrx, “flesh”) +‎ λᾰβῐ́ς (lăbĭ́s, “forceps”).

Pronunciation

 

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

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

Noun

σᾰρκολᾰβῐ́ς • (sărkolăbĭ́s) f (genitive σᾰρκολᾰβῐ́δος); third declension

1. (surgery) surgeon's forceps

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ σᾰρκολᾰβῐ́ς; τῆς σᾰρκολᾰβῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σᾰρκολᾰβῐ́ς hē sărkolăbĭ́s	τὼ σᾰρκολᾰβῐ́δε tṑ sărkolăbĭ́de	αἱ σᾰρκολᾰβῐ́δες hai sărkolăbĭ́des
Genitive	τῆς σᾰρκολᾰβῐ́δος tês sărkolăbĭ́dos	τοῖν σᾰρκολᾰβῐ́δοιν toîn sărkolăbĭ́doin	τῶν σᾰρκολᾰβῐ́δων tôn sărkolăbĭ́dōn
Dative	τῇ σᾰρκολᾰβῐ́δῐ têi sărkolăbĭ́dĭ	τοῖν σᾰρκολᾰβῐ́δοιν toîn sărkolăbĭ́doin	ταῖς σᾰρκολᾰβῐ́σῐ / σᾰρκολᾰβῐ́σῐν taîs sărkolăbĭ́sĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν σᾰρκολᾰβῐ́δᾰ tḕn sărkolăbĭ́dă	τὼ σᾰρκολᾰβῐ́δε tṑ sărkolăbĭ́de	τᾱ̀ς σᾰρκολᾰβῐ́δᾰς tā̀s sărkolăbĭ́dăs
Vocative	σᾰρκολᾰβῐ́ς sărkolăbĭ́s	σᾰρκολᾰβῐ́δε sărkolăbĭ́de	σᾰρκολᾰβῐ́δες sărkolăbĭ́des
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.

Further reading

• “σαρκολαβίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• σαρκολαβίς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette