λιβάς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λείβω (leíbō, “to pour”) +‎ -ᾰ́ς (-ás).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

λῐβᾰ́ς • (libás) f (genitive λῐβᾰ́δος); third declension

  1. anything that drips or trickles
  2. spring, fount, stream
  3. (in the plural) pools of water that collect after rain
  4. vessel that drips when under the influence of heat, a rudimentary thermometer

Declension
Third declension of ἡ λῐβᾰ́ς; τῆς λῐβᾰ́δος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ λῐβᾰ́ς
hē libás		 τὼ λῐβᾰ́δε
tṑ libáde		 αἱ λῐβᾰ́δες
hai libádes
Genitive τῆς λῐβᾰ́δος
tês libádos		 τοῖν λῐβᾰ́δοιν
toîn libádoin		 τῶν λῐβᾰ́δων
tôn libádōn
Dative τῇ λῐβᾰ́δῐ
têi libádi		 τοῖν λῐβᾰ́δοιν
toîn libádoin		 ταῖς λῐβᾰ́σῐ / λῐβᾰ́σῐν
taîs libási(n)
Accusative τὴν λῐβᾰ́δᾰ
tḕn libáda		 τὼ λῐβᾰ́δε
tṑ libáde		 τᾱ̀ς λῐβᾰ́δᾰς
tā̀s libádas
Vocative λῐβᾰ́ς
libás		 λῐβᾰ́δε
libáde		 λῐβᾰ́δες
libádes
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.

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