λεβηρίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology 1

According to Beekes, it is a Pre-Greek word, in view of the suffix found also in ἴμβηρις (ímbēris) and κύπηρις (kúpēris). Compare λέπρᾱ (léprā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /le.bɛː.rís/ → /le.βiˈris/ → /le.viˈris/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /le.bɛː.rís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /le.be̝ˈris/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /le.βiˈris/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /le.viˈris/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /le.viˈris/

Noun

λεβηρῐ́ς • (lebērís) f (genitive λεβηρῐ́δος); third declension

1. skin or slough (of serpents and beans)

   Synonyms: θώραξ (thṓrax), σῦφαρ (sûphar)

Declension

Third declension of ἡ λεβηρῐ́ς; τῆς λεβηρῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ λεβηρῐ́ς hē lebērís	τὼ λεβηρῐ́δε tṑ lebēríde	αἱ λεβηρῐ́δες hai lebērídes
Genitive	τῆς λεβηρῐ́δος tês lebērídos	τοῖν λεβηρῐ́δοιν toîn lebērídoin	τῶν λεβηρῐ́δων tôn lebērídōn
Dative	τῇ λεβηρῐ́δῐ têi lebērídi	τοῖν λεβηρῐ́δοιν toîn lebērídoin	ταῖς λεβηρῐ́σῐ / λεβηρῐ́σῐν taîs lebērísi(n)
Accusative	τὴν λεβηρῐ́δᾰ tḕn lebērída	τὼ λεβηρῐ́δε tṑ lebēríde	τᾱ̀ς λεβηρῐ́δᾰς tā̀s lebērídas
Vocative	λεβηρῐ́ς lebērís	λεβηρῐ́δε lebēríde	λεβηρῐ́δες lebērídes
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.

Etymology 2

Of Iberian origin, like Latin lepus (“hare”) and laurex (“young rabbit”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /le.bɛː.rís/ → /le.βiˈris/ → /le.viˈris/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /le.bɛː.rís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /le.be̝ˈris/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /le.βiˈris/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /le.viˈris/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /le.viˈris/

Noun

λεβηρῐ́ς • (lebērís) f (genitive λεβηρῐ́δος); third declension

1. European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)

   Synonym: δασύπους (dasúpous)

Declension

Third declension of ἡ λεβηρῐ́ς; τῆς λεβηρῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ λεβηρῐ́ς hē lebērís	τὼ λεβηρῐ́δε tṑ lebēríde	αἱ λεβηρῐ́δες hai lebērídes
Genitive	τῆς λεβηρῐ́δος tês lebērídos	τοῖν λεβηρῐ́δοιν toîn lebērídoin	τῶν λεβηρῐ́δων tôn lebērídōn
Dative	τῇ λεβηρῐ́δῐ têi lebērídi	τοῖν λεβηρῐ́δοιν toîn lebērídoin	ταῖς λεβηρῐ́σῐ / λεβηρῐ́σῐν taîs lebērísi(n)
Accusative	τὴν λεβηρῐ́δᾰ tḕn lebērída	τὼ λεβηρῐ́δε tṑ lebēríde	τᾱ̀ς λεβηρῐ́δᾰς tā̀s lebērídas
Vocative	λεβηρῐ́ς lebērís	λεβηρῐ́δε lebēríde	λεβηρῐ́δες lebērídes
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

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