"λαβίς" meaning in Ancient Greek

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Noun

IPA: /la.bís/, /laˈβis/, /laˈvis/, /la.bís/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /laˈbis/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /laˈβis/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /laˈvis/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /laˈvis/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From λᾰβή (lăbḗ, “handle”) + -ῐ́ς (-ĭ́s). Etymology templates: {{af|grc|λᾰβή|-ῐ́ς|t1=handle}} λᾰβή (lăbḗ, “handle”) + -ῐ́ς (-ĭ́s) Head templates: {{grc-noun|λᾰβῐ́ς|λᾰβῐ́δος|f|third}} λᾰβῐ́ς • (lăbĭ́s) f (genitive λᾰβῐ́δος); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|λᾰβῐ́ς|λᾰβῐ́δος}} Forms: λᾰβῐ́ς [canonical], lăbĭ́s [romanization], λᾰβῐ́δος [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], ἡ λᾰβῐ́ς [nominative, singular], λᾰβῐ́δε [dual, nominative], αἱ λᾰβῐ́δες [nominative, plural], τῆς λᾰβῐ́δος [genitive, singular], λᾰβῐ́δοιν [dual, genitive], λᾰβῐ́δων [genitive, plural], τῇ λᾰβῐ́δῐ [dative, singular], λᾰβῐ́δοιν [dative, dual], ταῖς λᾰβῐ́σῐ [dative, plural], λᾰβῐ́σῐν [dative, plural], taîs lăbĭ́sĭ [dative, plural], taîs lăbĭ́sĭn [dative, plural], τὴν λᾰβῐ́δᾰ [accusative, singular], λᾰβῐ́δε [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς λᾰβῐ́δᾰς [accusative, plural], λᾰβῐ́ς [singular, vocative], λᾰβῐ́δε [dual, vocative], λᾰβῐ́δες [plural, vocative]
  1. (medicine) forceps Synonyms: πῠρᾰ́γρᾱ
    Sense id: en-λαβίς-grc-noun-PBx0xdf2 Categories (other): Medicine, Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension, Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ίς, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Tools Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 50 27 23 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension: 50 27 23 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ίς: 50 27 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 32 38 30 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 40 35 25 Disambiguation of Tools: 57 24 19 Topics: medicine, sciences
  2. clamp, clasp
    Sense id: en-λαβίς-grc-noun-G4P5mHuE Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 32 38 30 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 40 35 25
  3. tongs or snuffers to trim lamps
    Sense id: en-λαβίς-grc-noun-f3JIpBbW Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 32 38 30 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 40 35 25
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: σᾰρκολᾰβῐ́ς (sărkolăbĭ́s)
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "sărkolăbĭ́s",
      "word": "σᾰρκολᾰβῐ́ς"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "λαβίδα"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: λαβίδα (lavída)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: λαβίδα (lavída)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "λᾰβή",
        "3": "-ῐ́ς",
        "t1": "handle"
      },
      "expansion": "λᾰβή (lăbḗ, “handle”) + -ῐ́ς (-ĭ́s)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From λᾰβή (lăbḗ, “handle”) + -ῐ́ς (-ĭ́s).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "λᾰβῐ́ς",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lăbĭ́s",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λᾰβῐ́δος",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-3",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Third declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἡ λᾰβῐ́ς",
      "roman": "hē lăbĭ́s",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λᾰβῐ́δε",
      "roman": "lăbĭ́de",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "αἱ λᾰβῐ́δες",
      "roman": "hai lăbĭ́des",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς λᾰβῐ́δος",
      "roman": "tês lăbĭ́dos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λᾰβῐ́δοιν",
      "roman": "lăbĭ́doin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λᾰβῐ́δων",
      "roman": "lăbĭ́dōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ λᾰβῐ́δῐ",
      "roman": "têi lăbĭ́dĭ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λᾰβῐ́δοιν",
      "roman": "lăbĭ́doin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς λᾰβῐ́σῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λᾰβῐ́σῐν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taîs lăbĭ́sĭ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taîs lăbĭ́sĭn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν λᾰβῐ́δᾰ",
      "roman": "tḕn lăbĭ́dă",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λᾰβῐ́δε",
      "roman": "lăbĭ́de",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς λᾰβῐ́δᾰς",
      "roman": "tā̀s lăbĭ́dăs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λᾰβῐ́ς",
      "roman": "lăbĭ́s",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λᾰβῐ́δε",
      "roman": "lăbĭ́de",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λᾰβῐ́δες",
      "roman": "lăbĭ́des",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "λᾰβῐ́ς",
        "2": "λᾰβῐ́δος",
        "3": "f",
        "4": "third"
      },
      "expansion": "λᾰβῐ́ς • (lăbĭ́s) f (genitive λᾰβῐ́δος); third declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "λᾰβῐ́ς",
        "2": "λᾰβῐ́δος"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Medicine",
          "orig": "grc:Medicine",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 27 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 27 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 27 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ίς",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "32 38 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "40 35 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "57 24 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Tools",
          "orig": "grc:Tools",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "forceps"
      ],
      "id": "en-λαβίς-grc-noun-PBx0xdf2",
      "links": [
        [
          "medicine",
          "medicine"
        ],
        [
          "forceps",
          "forceps"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(medicine) forceps"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "πῠρᾰ́γρᾱ"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "32 38 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "40 35 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "clamp, clasp"
      ],
      "id": "en-λαβίς-grc-noun-G4P5mHuE",
      "links": [
        [
          "clamp",
          "clamp"
        ],
        [
          "clasp",
          "clasp"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "32 38 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "40 35 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "tongs or snuffers to trim lamps"
      ],
      "id": "en-λαβίς-grc-noun-f3JIpBbW",
      "links": [
        [
          "tongs",
          "tongs"
        ],
        [
          "snuffer",
          "snuffer"
        ],
        [
          "lamp",
          "lamp"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/la.bís/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/laˈβis/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/laˈvis/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/la.bís/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/laˈbis/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/laˈβis/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/laˈvis/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/laˈvis/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "λαβίς"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Ancient Greek 2-syllable words",
    "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
    "Ancient Greek feminine nouns",
    "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension",
    "Ancient Greek lemmas",
    "Ancient Greek nouns",
    "Ancient Greek oxytone terms",
    "Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ίς",
    "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Ancient Greek third-declension nouns",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "grc:Tools"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "sărkolăbĭ́s",
      "word": "σᾰρκολᾰβῐ́ς"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "λαβίδα"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: λαβίδα (lavída)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: λαβίδα (lavída)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "λᾰβή",
        "3": "-ῐ́ς",
        "t1": "handle"
      },
      "expansion": "λᾰβή (lăbḗ, “handle”) + -ῐ́ς (-ĭ́s)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From λᾰβή (lăbḗ, “handle”) + -ῐ́ς (-ĭ́s).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "λᾰβῐ́ς",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lăbĭ́s",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λᾰβῐ́δος",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-3",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Third declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἡ λᾰβῐ́ς",
      "roman": "hē lăbĭ́s",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λᾰβῐ́δε",
      "roman": "lăbĭ́de",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "αἱ λᾰβῐ́δες",
      "roman": "hai lăbĭ́des",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς λᾰβῐ́δος",
      "roman": "tês lăbĭ́dos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λᾰβῐ́δοιν",
      "roman": "lăbĭ́doin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λᾰβῐ́δων",
      "roman": "lăbĭ́dōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ λᾰβῐ́δῐ",
      "roman": "têi lăbĭ́dĭ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λᾰβῐ́δοιν",
      "roman": "lăbĭ́doin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς λᾰβῐ́σῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λᾰβῐ́σῐν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taîs lăbĭ́sĭ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taîs lăbĭ́sĭn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν λᾰβῐ́δᾰ",
      "roman": "tḕn lăbĭ́dă",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λᾰβῐ́δε",
      "roman": "lăbĭ́de",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς λᾰβῐ́δᾰς",
      "roman": "tā̀s lăbĭ́dăs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λᾰβῐ́ς",
      "roman": "lăbĭ́s",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λᾰβῐ́δε",
      "roman": "lăbĭ́de",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λᾰβῐ́δες",
      "roman": "lăbĭ́des",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "λᾰβῐ́ς",
        "2": "λᾰβῐ́δος",
        "3": "f",
        "4": "third"
      },
      "expansion": "λᾰβῐ́ς • (lăbĭ́s) f (genitive λᾰβῐ́δος); third declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "λᾰβῐ́ς",
        "2": "λᾰβῐ́δος"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "grc:Medicine"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "forceps"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "medicine",
          "medicine"
        ],
        [
          "forceps",
          "forceps"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(medicine) forceps"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "πῠρᾰ́γρᾱ"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "clamp, clasp"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "clamp",
          "clamp"
        ],
        [
          "clasp",
          "clasp"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "tongs or snuffers to trim lamps"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tongs",
          "tongs"
        ],
        [
          "snuffer",
          "snuffer"
        ],
        [
          "lamp",
          "lamp"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/la.bís/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/laˈβis/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/laˈvis/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/la.bís/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/laˈbis/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/laˈβis/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/laˈvis/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/laˈvis/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "λαβίς"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Ancient Greek dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-05-20 using wiktextract (3dadd05 and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.