Labeates

Latin

Etymology

borrowed from Ancient Greek Λαβεάται (Labeátai). Thought to be related to the modern Labëri (“land of lab”), derived from lëbozë (“horizon/sky”), from Proto-Albanian *labeita close to the name of the Illyrian tribe Labeatae, suggesting an archaic meaning of "small sky".

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /la.beˈaː.teːs/, [ɫ̪äbeˈäːt̪eːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /la.beˈa.tes/, [läbeˈäːt̪es]

Proper noun

Labeātēs m pl (genitive Labeātum); third declension

1. A tribe of Illyricum, whose chief town was Scodra

Declension

Third-declension noun, plural only.

	plural
nominative	Labeātēs
genitive	Labeātum
dative	Labeātibus
accusative	Labeātēs
ablative	Labeātibus
vocative	Labeātēs

Derived terms

• Labeātis

References

• Labeates in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.