λαβή
Ancient Greek edit
Etymology edit
From λαμβάνω (lambánō, “to take, grasp”) + -ή (-ḗ).
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /la.bɛ̌ː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /laˈbe̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /laˈβi/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /laˈvi/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /laˈvi/
Noun edit
λᾰβή • (labḗ) f (genitive λᾰβῆς); first declension
- handle, haft
- (as a pugilistic term) grip, hold
- (figuratively) handle, occasion
- attack of fever
- taking, accepting
- turn of a bandage
- (anatomy, in the plural) insertions, attachments of muscles
- eye of a needle
- Synonym: κύαρ (kúar)
Declension edit
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ λᾰβή hē labḗ |
τὼ λᾰβᾱ́ tṑ labā́ |
αἱ λᾰβαί hai labaí | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς λᾰβῆς tês labês |
τοῖν λᾰβαῖν toîn labaîn |
τῶν λᾰβῶν tôn labôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ λᾰβῇ têi labêi |
τοῖν λᾰβαῖν toîn labaîn |
ταῖς λᾰβαῖς taîs labaîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν λᾰβήν tḕn labḗn |
τὼ λᾰβᾱ́ tṑ labā́ |
τᾱ̀ς λᾰβᾱ́ς tā̀s labā́s | ||||||||||
Vocative | λᾰβή labḗ |
λᾰβᾱ́ labā́ |
λᾰβαί labaí | ||||||||||
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Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Greek: λαβή (laví)
Further reading edit
- “λαβή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “λαβή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- λαβή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Greek edit
Noun edit
λαβή • (laví) f (plural λαβές)