λαβίς
δός μοι πᾷ στῶ καὶ τὰν γᾶν κινήσω → give me a place to stand and I will move the earth, give me a place to stand and I'll move the earth, give me the place to stand and I shall move the earth, give me a place to stand and with a lever I will move the whole world, give me a firm spot to stand and I will move the world, give me a lever and a place to stand and I will move the earth, give me a fulcrum and I shall move the world
English (LSJ)
ίδος, ἡ, A = λαβή, handle, Gal.2.704; hilt, LXX Jd.3.22, EM594.9. II Act., holder, i.e. 1 forceps, Hp.Steril.244, Hermes38.282 (cod. Laur.), Apollon. ap.Gal.12.659. 2 clamp, clasp, Plb.6.23.11; λ. σιδηραῖ Inscr.Délos 442 B 168 (ii B. C.). 3 tongs or snuffers to trim lamps, LXX Ex.38.17 (37.23), Nu.4.9, v.l. in J.AJ8.3.7. 4 = πυράγρα, Cyr.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1] ίδος, ἡ, eigtl. dim. zu λαβή, in derselben Bedeutung, Erkl. von κώπη, bei Schol. Il. 1, 219; übh. Werkzeug zum Festhalten, Schnalle, Haken u. dergl., πυκναῖς λαβίσι καταπερονᾶν, Pol. 6, 23, 11 u. a. Sp.; Griff, Mel. 48 (V, 208).
Russian (Dvoretsky)
λᾰβίς: ίδος (ῐδ) ἡ застежка, пряжка Polyb.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
λᾰβίς: -ίδος, ἡ, = λαβή, «χεροῦλι», Γαλην. 2. 704· λαβὴ ξίφους, Ἐτυμολ. Μέγ. 594. 9. ΙΙ. ἐνεργ., πρᾶγμά τι ὅπερ κρατεῖ, πιάνει δηλ., 1) ἐμβρυουλκός, Ἱππ. 687. 7. 2) περόνη, πόρπη, Πολύβ. 6. 23, 11. 3) ψαλὶς πρὸς καθαρισμὸν τῶν λύχνων καὶ λαμπάδων, κηροψαλίδιον, Ἑβδ. (Ἔξοδ. ΛΖ΄, 23, Ἀριθμ. Δ΄, 9).
