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λέβης

Third declension Noun; Masculine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: λέβης λέβητος

Structure: λεβητ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: lei/bw

Sense

  1. a kettle or caldron
  2. a basin, a pan, a bath
  3. a cymbal
  4. a cinerary urn, a casket

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative λέβης λέβητε λέβητες
Genitive λέβητος λεβήτοιν λεβήτων
Dative λέβητι λεβήτοιν λέβησιν*
Accusative λέβητα λέβητε λέβητας
Vocative λέβη λέβητε λέβητες

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • καὶ ἐνέχει τοῖσ ἀνδράσι φαγεῖν, καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ ἐσθίειν αὐτοὺσ ἐκ τοῦ ἑψέματοσ καὶ ἰδοὺ ἀνεβόησαν καὶ εἶπαν. θάνατοσ ἐν τῷ λέβητι, ἄνθρωπε τοῦ Θεοῦ. καὶ οὐκ ἠδύναντο φαγεῖν. (Septuagint, Liber II Regum 4:40)
  • καὶ εἶπε. λάβετε ἄλευρον καὶ ἐμβάλετε εἰσ τὸν λέβητα. καὶ εἶπεν Ἑλισαιὲ πρὸσ Γιεζὶ τὸ παιδάριον. ἔγχει τῷ λαῷ καὶ ἐσθιέτωσαν. καὶ οὐκ ἐγενήθη ἐκεῖ ἔτι ρῆμα πονηρὸν ἐν τῷ λέβητι. (Septuagint, Liber II Regum 4:41)
  • παράγει δ’ αὐτὸν Ἄλεξισ ἐν Λέβητι λέγοντα τάδε· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 30 1:3)
  • κἀν τῷ Λέβητι δέ φησιν ὁ αὐτὸσ ποιητήσ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 6, book 6, chapter 81)
  • καὶ Ἄλεξισ ἐν Λέβητι· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 654)

Synonyms

  1. a kettle or caldron

  2. a basin

  3. a cymbal

  4. a cinerary urn

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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