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τιβήν

tiben

tripod

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What it meant

1. τιβήν · tibēn — Beekes

τιβήν, -ῆνος [m.] ‘tripod’ (Lyc., EM), τίβηνος: λεβης, τρίπους ‘id.’ (H.). eETYM Fur.: 189 connects θῖβις, θίβωνος ‘basket’, which he derives from a Hebrew or Egyptian word. He remarks that the suffix -nv points to Anatolian origin, which may perhaps indicate that the word is Pre-Greek. — [Beekes, s.v. τιβήν, p. 1532]

2. τιβήν · tibēn — Chantraine

τιβήν, vos : «trépied» (Lyc, EM); τίθηνος ᾿ λέδης, τρίπους (Hsch.). Et.: Emprunt inexpliqué. Pour le suffixe, cf. Solmsen, Beiträge 142 et, p. ex., ἐσσήν. ruyés : εἶδος ἀμπέλου (Hsch.). Obscur. τιγγάβαρι, voir κιννάδαρι. — [Chantraine, s.v. τιβήν, p. 1135]

3. τιβήν · tibēn — Frisk

τιβήν, -jvos m. “Dreifuß’ (Lyk., EM), τίβηνος" λέβης, τρίπους H. — Unerklärtes Fremdwort; vgl. Solmsen Beitr. 142. rıyyaßapı 5. zırvdßagı. — [Frisk, s.v. τιβήν, p. 1868]

4. τιβήν · tibēn — LSJ

= τρίπους, Lyc. 1104:—also τίβηνος· λέβης, τρίπους, Hsch.

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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