λέβης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λείβω.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lé.bɛːs/ → /ˈle.βis/ → /ˈle.vis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lé.bɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈle.be̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈle.βis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈle.vis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈle.vis/

Noun

λέβης • (lébēs) m (genitive λέβητος); third declension

1. kettle, cauldron

   Synonym: δευτήρ (deutḗr)

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ λέβης; τοῦ λέβητος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ λέβης ho lébēs	τὼ λέβητε tṑ lébēte	οἱ λέβητες hoi lébētes
Genitive	τοῦ λέβητος toû lébētos	τοῖν λεβήτοιν toîn lebḗtoin	τῶν λεβήτων tôn lebḗtōn
Dative	τῷ λέβητῐ tôi lébēti	τοῖν λεβήτοιν toîn lebḗtoin	τοῖς λέβησῐ / λέβησῐν toîs lébēsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν λέβητᾰ tòn lébēta	τὼ λέβητε tṑ lébēte	τοὺς λέβητᾰς toùs lébētas
Vocative	λέβης lébēs	λέβητε lébēte	λέβητες lébētes
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 *-ts.

Derived terms

• ἰπνολέβης (ipnolébēs)
• λεβητάριον (lebētárion)
• λεβητίζω (lebētízō)
• λεβήτιον (lebḗtion)
• λεβητίσκος (lebētískos)
• λεβητώδης (lebētṓdēs)

 

Descendants

• ⇒ Greek: λέβητας (lévitas)
• → Latin: lebēs

Further reading

• “λέβης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “λέβης”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “λέβης”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• λέβης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• λέβης in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “λέβης”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • box idem, page 92.
  • caldron idem, page 108.
  • casket idem, page 116.
  • chest idem, page 129.
  • cinerary urn idem, page 132.
  • kettle idem, page 468.
  • pot idem, page 629.
  • urn idem, page 940.
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN