λαβίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λᾰβή (lăbḗ, “handle”) +‎ -ῐ́ς (-ĭ́s).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

λᾰβῐ́ς • (lăbĭ́s) f (genitive λᾰβῐ́δος); third declension

  1. (medicine) forceps
    Synonym: πῠρᾰ́γρᾱ (pŭrắgrā)
  2. clamp, clasp
  3. tongs or snuffers to trim lamps

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ λᾰβῐ́ς; τῆς λᾰβῐ́δος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ λᾰβῐ́ς
hē lăbĭ́s 		τὼ λᾰβῐ́δε
tṑ lăbĭ́de 		αἱ λᾰβῐ́δες
hai lăbĭ́des
Genitive τῆς λᾰβῐ́δος
tês lăbĭ́dos 		τοῖν λᾰβῐ́δοιν
toîn lăbĭ́doin 		τῶν λᾰβῐ́δων
tôn lăbĭ́dōn
Dative τῇ λᾰβῐ́δῐ
tēî lăbĭ́dĭ 		τοῖν λᾰβῐ́δοιν
toîn lăbĭ́doin 		ταῖς λᾰβῐ́σῐ / λᾰβῐ́σῐν
taîs lăbĭ́sĭ(n)
Accusative τὴν λᾰβῐ́δᾰ
tḕn lăbĭ́dă 		τὼ λᾰβῐ́δε
tṑ lăbĭ́de 		τᾱ̀ς λᾰβῐ́δᾰς
tā̀s lăbĭ́dăs
Vocative λᾰβῐ́ς
lăbĭ́s 		λᾰβῐ́δε
lăbĭ́de 		λᾰβῐ́δες
lăbĭ́des
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.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: λαβίδα (lavída)

Further reading

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