λιβάς
Ancient Greek edit
Etymology edit
From λείβω (leíbō, “to pour”) + -ᾰ́ς (-ás).
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /li.bás/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /liˈbas/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /liˈβas/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /liˈvas/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /liˈvas/
Noun edit
λῐβᾰ́ς • (libás) f (genitive λῐβᾰ́δος); third declension
- anything that drips or trickles
- spring, fount, stream
- (in the plural) pools of water that collect after rain
- vessel that drips when under the influence of heat, a rudimentary thermometer
Declension edit
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ λῐβᾰ́ς hē libás |
τὼ λῐβᾰ́δε tṑ libáde |
αἱ λῐβᾰ́δες hai libádes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς λῐβᾰ́δος tês libádos |
τοῖν λῐβᾰ́δοιν toîn libádoin |
τῶν λῐβᾰ́δων tôn libádōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ λῐβᾰ́δῐ têi libádi |
τοῖν λῐβᾰ́δοιν toîn libádoin |
ταῖς λῐβᾰ́σῐ / λῐβᾰ́σῐν taîs libási(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν λῐβᾰ́δᾰ tḕn libáda |
τὼ λῐβᾰ́δε tṑ libáde |
τᾱ̀ς λῐβᾰ́δᾰς tā̀s libádas | ||||||||||
Vocative | λῐβᾰ́ς libás |
λῐβᾰ́δε libáde |
λῐβᾰ́δες libádes | ||||||||||
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Derived terms edit
- λῐβᾰ́δῐον (libádion)
Further reading edit
- “λιβάς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “λιβάς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- λιβάς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette