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|Full diacritics=ἀλάβης
|Medium diacritics=ἀλάβης
|Low diacritics=αλάβης
|Capitals=ΑΛΑΒΗΣ
|Transliteration A=alábēs
|Transliteration B=alabēs
|Transliteration C=alavis
|Beta Code=a)la/bhs
|Definition=or ἀλλάβης, ητος, ἡ, a Nile fish, <span class="bibl">Str.17.2.4</span>, <span class="bibl">Ath.7.312b</span>, <span class="title">Gp.</span>20.7.1, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>1857.2</span> (vi A. D.); in <span class="bibl">Plin.<span class="title">HN</span>5.51</span> <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[alabetes]].</span>
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|lstext='''ἀλάβης''': ἢ ἀλλάβης, ητος, ἡ [[ἰχθὺς]] τις τοῦ Νείλου, Στράβ.823, παρὰ Πλινίῳ alabetes.
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{{DGE
|dgtxt=-ητος, ἡ<br /><br /><b class="num">• Alolema(s):</b> [[ἀλλάβης]] Ath.312b; lat. allabeta</i> Plin.<i>HN</i> 5.51<br />ict., [[cierto pez del Nilo]], [[Labeo niloticus]], <i>PTeb</i>.701.41 (III a.C.), <i>PMich.Zen</i>.72.5 (III a.C.), Plin.l.c., Str.17.2.4, Ath.312b, <i>POxy</i>.1857.2 (VI/VII d.C.), <i>Gp</i>.20.7.1.<br /><br /><b class="num">• Etimología:</b> Quizás del egipcio <i>repi</i> o <i>lepi</i>; también presente en árabe <i>halavi</i>.
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{{etym
|etymtx=Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: [[Nile fish]], [[Labeo Niloticus]] (Str.)<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]<br />Etymology: From Egypt. [[repi]] or [[lepi]], Thompson Fishes s.v. - Fur. 145 etc. connects [[ἔλλοψ]] and [[ἀλλοπὶης]] and concludes that it is rather a substr. word (the [[ἀλλάβης]] must not be an Eg. fish).<br />See also: [[ἔλοψ]]
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