lebes

English

Etymology

Ancient Greek λέβης (lébēs)

Noun

lebes (plural lebetes)

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

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λέβης (lébēs).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈle.bes/, [ˈɫɛ.bɛs]

Noun

lebes m (genitive lebētis); third declension

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

Inflection

Third declension, alternative accusative singular in -im, alternative ablative singular in -ī and accusative plural in -īs.

Case Singular Plural
nominative lebes lebētēs
genitive lebētis lebētium
dative lebētī lebētibus
accusative lebētem
lebētim		 lebētēs
lebētīs
ablative lebēte
lebētī		 lebētibus
vocative lebes 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, 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
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