λιβάς
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From λείβω (leíbō, “to pour”) + -ᾰ́ς (-ắs).
Pronunciation
- (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
λῐβᾰ́ς • (lĭbắs) 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
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ λῐβᾰ́ς hē lĭbắs |
τὼ λῐβᾰ́δε tṑ lĭbắde |
αἱ λῐβᾰ́δες hai lĭbắdes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς λῐβᾰ́δος tês lĭbắdos |
τοῖν λῐβᾰ́δοιν toîn lĭbắdoin |
τῶν λῐβᾰ́δων tôn lĭbắdōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ λῐβᾰ́δῐ tēî lĭbắdĭ |
τοῖν λῐβᾰ́δοιν toîn lĭbắdoin |
ταῖς λῐβᾰ́σῐ / λῐβᾰ́σῐν taîs lĭbắsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν λῐβᾰ́δᾰ tḕn lĭbắdă |
τὼ λῐβᾰ́δε tṑ lĭbắde |
τᾱ̀ς λῐβᾰ́δᾰς tā̀s lĭbắdăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | λῐβᾰ́ς lĭbắs |
λῐβᾰ́δε lĭbắde |
λῐβᾰ́δες lĭbắdes | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- λῐβᾰ́δῐον (lĭbắdĭon)
Further reading
- “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