lebes

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Etymology

Ancient Greek λέβης (lébēs)

Noun

lebes (plural lebetes)

  1. (historical) An Ancient Greek cauldron, normally of bronze, and often supported by a tripod.

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λέβης (lébēs).

Pronunciation

Noun

lebēs m (genitive lebētis); third declension

  1. A copper basin, kettle, cauldron, used either for washing or boiling.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative lebēs lebētēs
Genitive lebētis lebētum
Dative lebētī lebētibus
Accusative lebētem lebētēs
lebētās
Ablative lebēte lebētibus
Vocative lebēs lebētēs

References

  • lebes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • lebes”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • lebes in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • lebes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • lebes”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia
  • lebes”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • lebes”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin