lebes

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λέβης (lébēs).

Noun

lebes (plural lebetes)

1. (historical) An Ancient Greek cauldron, normally of bronze, and often supported by a tripod.

Related terms

• lebes gamikos

Anagrams

• Blees, Ebels, Ebles, beels, blees

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λέβης (lébēs).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈle.beːs/, [ˈɫ̪ɛbeːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈle.bes/, [ˈlɛːbes]

Noun

lebēs m (genitive lebētis); third declension

1. A copper basin, kettle, cauldron, used either for washing or boiling.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	lebēs	lebētēs
genitive	lebētis	lebētum
dative	lebētī	lebētibus
accusative	lebētem	lebētēs lebētas
ablative	lebēte	lebētibus
vocative	lebēs	lebētēs

References

• “lebes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “lebes”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• lebes in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• lebes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “lebes”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎^[1]
• “lebes”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “lebes”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin