λαβίς

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.