λαβή
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From λαμβάνω (lambánō, “to take, grasp”) + -ή (-ḗ).
Pronunciation
- (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
λᾰβή • (lăbḗ) 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
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ λᾰβή hē lăbḗ |
τὼ λᾰβᾱ́ tṑ lăbā́ |
αἱ λᾰβαί hai lăbaí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς λᾰβῆς tês lăbês |
τοῖν λᾰβαῖν toîn lăbaîn |
τῶν λᾰβῶν tôn lăbôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ λᾰβῇ tēî lăbēî |
τοῖν λᾰβαῖν toîn lăbaîn |
ταῖς λᾰβαῖς taîs lăbaîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν λᾰβήν tḕn lăbḗn |
τὼ λᾰβᾱ́ tṑ lăbā́ |
τᾱ̀ς λᾰβᾱ́ς tā̀s lăbā́s | ||||||||||
| Vocative | λᾰβή lăbḗ |
λᾰβᾱ́ lăbā́ |
λᾰβαί lăbaí | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- λᾰβῐ́δῐον (lăbĭ́dĭon)
- λᾰβῐδόω (lăbĭdóō)
- λᾰ́βῐον (lắbĭon)
- λᾰβῐ́ς (lăbĭ́s)
Descendants
- Greek: λαβή (laví)
Further reading
- “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
Noun
λαβή • (laví) f (plural λαβές)