λαβίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λᾰβή (labḗ, “handle”) +‎ -ῐ́ς (-ís).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

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

  1. (medicine) forceps
    Synonym: πῠρᾰ́γρᾱ (purágrā)
  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 labís		 τὼ λᾰβῐ́δε
tṑ labíde		 αἱ λᾰβῐ́δες
hai labídes
Genitive τῆς λᾰβῐ́δος
tês labídos		 τοῖν λᾰβῐ́δοιν
toîn labídoin		 τῶν λᾰβῐ́δων
tôn labídōn
Dative τῇ λᾰβῐ́δῐ
têi labídi		 τοῖν λᾰβῐ́δοιν
toîn labídoin		 ταῖς λᾰβῐ́σῐ / λᾰβῐ́σῐν
taîs labísi(n)
Accusative τὴν λᾰβῐ́δᾰ
tḕn labída		 τὼ λᾰβῐ́δε
tṑ labíde		 τᾱ̀ς λᾰβῐ́δᾰς
tā̀s labídas
Vocative λᾰβῐ́ς
labís		 λᾰβῐ́δε
labíde		 λᾰβῐ́δες
labídes
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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