lebes
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English
Etymology
Ancient Greek λέβης (lébēs)
Noun
lebes (plural lebetes)
- (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
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈle.beːs/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈle.bes/,
Noun
lebēs m (genitive lebētis); third declension
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