1. λεβίας · lebias — Beekes
The corpus record
λεβίας
lebias
dried meat of a fish having scales
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What it meant
λεβίας, -ov [m.] name of an unknown freshwater fish (Hell. com.); acc. to H. also = τὰ λεπίδας ἔχοντα tapixy ‘dried meat of a fish having scales’. < PG?(0)> *ETYM Formation like dxavOiac, etc. (Chantraine 1933: 94); otherwise unclear. Thompson 1947 s.v. recalls the Eg. fish ἀλ(λ)λάβης (Str, Ath.), but see » ἀλλάβης. Perhaps Pre-Greek. — [Beekes, s.v. λεβίας, p. 887]
2. λεβίας · lebias — Chantraine
λεβίας, του : m., nom d'un poisson inconnu. Glose d'Hsch. λεθίαι" τὰ λεπίδας ἔχοντα raplyn, καὶ ἰχθῦς λιμναῖοι ; attesté Ar. fr. 414, Ephipp., Diph., etc. P.-ê. synonyme de ἥπατος chez Archestr. ap. Ath. 301 ἃ. Thompson, Fishes, évoque avec hésitation et sans grande raison le poisson égyptien ἀλάθης. — [Chantraine, s.v. λεβίας, p. 642]
3. λεβίας · lebias — Frisk
λεβίας, -ov m. N. eines unbekannten Süßwasserfisches (hell. Kom.); nach H. auch = τὰ λεπέδας ἔχοντα ragiyn. — Bildung wie ἀκανϑίας u.a. (Chantraine Form. 94), sonst dunkel. Thompson Fishes 8. v. erinnert an den ägypt. Fisch dA(A )dßns (Str., Ath. u. a.). Atyvov.n. (-vn f.) "bunter Besatz, Saum eines Kleides’ (Poll., H., Sch.), auch von der Kante der Gebärmutter (Hp.), mit λεγνωτός “τα. Δ. versehen’ (Kall., Nik.), … — [Frisk, s.v. λεβίας, p. 1066]
4. λεβίας · lebias — LSJ
fish
a kind of fish, Ar. Fr. 414 (λέβιοι codd. Ath.), Ephipp. 12.4, Diph. 17.9, etc.
Where it came from
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