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λέβης

lebes

kettle, cauldron

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 28 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. λέβης · lebēs — Beekes

λέβης, -ητὸς [m.] ‘kettle, cauldron’ (IL), on the mg. Brommer Herm. 77 (1942): 359 and 366f., also a monetary unit (Crete), see Leumann 1950: 282ff., Ruijgh 1957: 107. *COMP ἰπνολέβης ‘kettle’ (Luc., Ath.). eDER Diminutive λεβήτοιον, -ἰσκος (IV*), -aptov (Poll.); λεβητ-ώδιης ‘kettle-shaped’ (Ath.); -i€w [v.] ‘to cook in a kettle’ (Lyc.). *ETYM On the suffix, see Fur. 172°. Pre-Greek origin is most likely; … — [Beekes, s.v. λέβης, p. 887]

2. λέβης · lebēs — Chantraine

λέβης, -nros : m. «bassine, chaudron » (Hom., ion.- att., etc.), cf. Brommer, Hermes 77, 1942, 359,366 sq. ; en Crète désigne une monnaie marquée d’un chaudron {ce qui se réfère p.-ê. au vieil usage de l'emploi de chaudrons — 625 — λέγω et de trépieds comme moyen d'échange), v. Bechtel, Gr. Dial. 2,789, Ruijgh, Élément Achéen 107. Composé : imvo-kéône « chaudron, bouilloire ». Dérivés : λεδήτιον (inscr., etc., … — [Chantraine, s.v. λέβης, p. 641]

3. λέβης · lebēs — Frisk

λέβης, -ntos m. “Kessel, Becken’ (seit Il.; zur Bed. Brommer Herm. 77, 359 u. 366f.), auch als Münzeinheit (Kreta; Leumann Hom. Wörter 282ff., Ruijgh L’el&m. ach. 107); invoλέβης "Kessel? (Luk., Ath.). — Davon die Demin. λεβήτ-ιον, -toxos (seit IV®), -ἄριον (Poll.); λεβητ-ώδης "kesselförmig’ (Ath.); -ἰζω ‘in einem Kessel kochen’ (Lyk.). Ableitung auf -nr- von Ἐλέβος in 1. Zeßneis (Fick BB 6, 214, Prellwitz) liegt … — [Frisk, s.v. λέβης, p. 1066]

4. λέβης · lebēs — LSJ

kettle, cauldron, brazier

kettle, cauldron, Il. 21.362, Pi. O. 1.26; τρίπους λ. A. Fr. 1; used for gifts and prizes, Il. 23.259, al.; brazier, Th. 4.100.

b coin stamped with a cauldron

coin stamped with a cauldron, GDI 4979, al. (Crete).

II basin, pan, bath

in Od., mostly the basin in which the purifying water (χέρνιψ) was handed to the guests before meals, made of silver, 1.137, al.; but in 19.386, a pan for washing the feet; δολοφόνος λ., of the bath in which Agamemnon was slain, A. Ag. 1129 (lyr.).

III cymbal, drum, gong

basin used as a cymbal or drum, Hdt. 6.58; of the gong at Dodona, Call. Del. 286.

IV cinerary urn

cinerary urn, A. Ag. 444 (lyr.), Ch. 686, S. El. 1401.

V casket, pan

generally, casket, Id. Tr. 556: pan for colours, Luc. Bis Acc. 8.

VI vase

vase of cauldron shape on the roof of the temple of Zeus at Olympia, Paus. 5.10.4.

VII air-vessel

air-vessel used like a diving-bell, Arist. Pr. 960b32.

In the wild

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. λέβης (scan p. 887; entry #3693).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. λέβης (scan pp. 641-642; entry #4728).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. λέβης (scan p. 1066; entry #3516).

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