The corpus record

λᾰβ-ίς

labis · ἡ

handle, hilt, holder

Generated live from the audited corpus — every figure on this page is a database query, not prose from memory.

Where it lives

Paralipomenon II 1 · 0.51/10k
Numeri 1 · 0.43/10k
Exodus 1 · 0.42/10k
Isaias 1 · 0.38/10k

What it meant — LSJ

handle, hilt

= λαβή, handle, Gal. 2.704; hilt, LXX Jd. 3.22, EM 594.9.

II holder

Act., holder, i.e.

1 forceps

forceps, Hp. Steril. 244, Hermes 38.282 (cod. Laur.), Apollon. ap. Gal. 12.659.

2 clamp, clasp

clamp, clasp, Plb. 6.23.11; λ. σιδηραῖ Inscr.Délos 442 B 168 (ii B. C.).

3 tongs, snuffers

tongs or snuffers to trim lamps, LXX Ex. 38.17 (37.23), Nu. 4.9, v.l. in J. AJ 8.3.7.

= πυράγρα, Cyr.

In the wild

λαβίδας · labidas Septuaginta, Exodus 38
λαβίδι · labidi Septuaginta, Isaias 6
λαβίδας · labidas Septuaginta, Numeri 4
λαβίδες · labides Septuaginta, Paralipomenon II 4

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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