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λέβης

Third declension Noun; Masculine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: λέβης λέβητος

Structure: λεβητ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: lei/bw

Sense

a kettle or caldron
a basin, a pan, a bath
a cymbal
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 εἶπαν πρὸσ αὐτοὺσ οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰσραήλ. ὄφελον ἀπεθάνομεν πληγέντεσ ὑπὸ Κυρίου ἐν γῇ Αἰγύπτῳ, ὅταν ἐκαθίσαμεν ἐπὶ τῶν λεβήτων τῶν κρεῶν καὶ ἠσθίομεν ἄρτουσ εἰσ πλησμονήν. ὅτι ἐξήγαγε ἡμᾶσ εἰσ τὴν ἔρημον ταύτην ἀποκτεῖναι πᾶσαν τὴν συναγωγὴν ταύτην ἐν λιμῷ. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 16:3)
ἐν τούτοισ ὁ Λυσίασ εἰπὼν ὅτι καὶ χαλκῆ ἦν ἡ ἐγγυθήκη, σαφῶσ παρίστησιν, ὡσ καὶ ὁ Καλλίξεινοσ εἴρηκε, λεβήτων αὐτὰσ ὑποθήματα εἶναι, οὕτωσ γὰρ καὶ Πολέμων ὁ περιηγητὴσ εἶπεν ἐν γ’ τῶν πρὸσ Ἀδαῖον καὶ Ἀντίγονον ἐξηγούμενοσ διάθεσιν ἐν Φλιοῦντι κατὰ τὴν πολεμάρχειον στοὰν γεγραμμένην ὑπὸ Σίλλακοσ τοῦ Ῥηγίνου, οὗ μνημονεύουσιν Ἐπίχαρμοσ καὶ Σιμωνίδησ, λέγων οὕτωσ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 5, book 5, chapter 45 2:4)
"ἱστορεῖ τὰ αὐτὰ καὶ Φαινίασ ἐν τῷ περὶ τῶν ἐν Σικελίᾳ τυράννων, ὡσ χαλκῶν ὄντων τῶν παλαιῶν ἀναθημάτων καὶ τριπόδων καὶ λεβήτων καὶ ἐγχειριδίων, ὧν ἐφ’ ἑνὸσ καὶ ἐπιγεγράφθαι φησίν θάησαί μ’ · (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 6, book 6, chapter 1921)
εἰ γὰρ οἱ κρατῆρεσ ἀπὸ τοῦ συμβεβηκότοσ τῆσ ὀνομασίασ ἔτυχον οὗτοί τε κερασθέντεσ παρέκειντο πλήρεισ, οὐ ζέον τὸ ποτὸν παρεῖχον, λεβήτων τρόπον ὑποκαιόμενοι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 961)
ἔλεγε γὰρ ἑαυτὸν εἶναι Δία, καὶ τὰσ ἐκείνου θυσίασ ἀφελόμενοσ ἑαυτῷ προσέτασσε θύειν, καὶ βύρσασ μὲν ἐξηραμμένασ ἐξ ἁρ́ματοσ μετὰ λεβήτων χαλκῶν σύρων ἔλεγε βροντᾶν, βάλλων δὲ εἰσ οὐρανὸν αἰθομένασ λαμπάδασ ἔλεγεν ἀστράπτειν. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 1, chapter 9 7:3)

Synonyms

a kettle or caldron
- χαλκίον (a copper vessel, a copper, caldron)
a basin
- λεκάνη (dish, pot, pan)
- σκάφη (bowl, tub, basin)
a cymbal
- κύμβαλον (a cymbal)
- χαλκίον (a cymbal)
a cinerary urn
- κρωσσός (a cinerary urn)
- ὑδρία (a cinerary urn)
- λάρναξ (a cinerary urn or coffin)

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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λέβης

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Synonyms

a kettle or caldron

a basin

a cymbal

a cinerary urn

Similar forms

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λέβης

Sense

Declension

Examples

Synonyms

a kettle or caldron

a basin

a cymbal

a cinerary urn

Similar forms

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