λοιβή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λείβω (leíbō, “to pour, libate”) +‎ -η (-ē).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /loi̯.bɛ̌ː/ → /lyˈβi/ → /liˈvi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /loi̯.bɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /lyˈbe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /lyˈβi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /lyˈvi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /liˈvi/

Noun

λοιβή • (loibḗ) f (genitive λοιβῆς); first declension

1. (in religious sense) pouring, drink-offering, libation

Declension

First declension of ἡ λοιβή; τῆς λοιβῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ λοιβή hē loibḗ	τὼ λοιβᾱ́ tṑ loibā́	αἱ λοιβαί hai loibaí
Genitive	τῆς λοιβῆς tês loibês	τοῖν λοιβαῖν toîn loibaîn	τῶν λοιβῶν tôn loibôn
Dative	τῇ λοιβῇ têi loibêi	τοῖν λοιβαῖν toîn loibaîn	ταῖς λοιβαῖς taîs loibaîs
Accusative	τὴν λοιβήν tḕn loibḗn	τὼ λοιβᾱ́ tṑ loibā́	τᾱ̀ς λοιβᾱ́ς tā̀s loibā́s
Vocative	λοιβή loibḗ	λοιβᾱ́ loibā́	λοιβαί loibaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• λοιβαῖος (loibaîos)
• λοιβάομαι (loibáomai)
• λοιβάσιον (loibásion)
• λοιβεῖον (loibeîon)
• λοιβίς (loibís)

 

Further reading

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