θῖβις
Κινδυνεύουσι γὰρ ὅσοι τυγχάνουσιν ὀρθῶς ἁπτόμενοι φιλοσοφίας λεληθέναι τοὺς ἄλλους ὅτι οὐδὲν ἄλλο αὐτοὶ ἐπιτηδεύουσιν ἢ ἀποθνῄσκειν τε καὶ τεθνάναι → Actually, the rest of us probably haven't realized that those who manage to pursue philosophy as it should be pursued are practicing nothing else but dying and being dead (Socrates via Plato, Phaedo 64a.5)
English (LSJ)
or θίβις, εως, ἡ, A basket plaited from papyrus, PPetr.3p.145 (iii B.C.), PCair.Zen.69 (iii B.C.), PGrenf.1.14.10 (ii B.C.), LXXEx.2.3,6, Suid.: the form θίβη given by Hsch., Phot., v.l. in Suid., is false: θῆβις (sic) τῶν ἄρτων, correction of πρόθεσις τ. ἄ., UPZ149.21 (iii B.C.):—Hsch. also gives θίβωνος (extra ordinem)· κιβωτός (Cypr.), and θίγωνος· κιβωτοῦ. (Hebr. tēbhāh, from Egypt. dbet 'box'.)
Greek Monolingual
θῑβις και θίβις, -εως ἡ (Α)
καλάθι πλεγμένο από πάπυρο.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. Δάνεια λ. σημιτικής προελεύσεως
πρβλ. εβρ. tēbhāh, το οποίο προήλθε με τη σειρά του από αιγυπτ. db',t «κιβώτιο»].
Frisk Etymological English
θίβις, -εως
Grammatical information: f.
Meaning: basket of papyrus (LXX)
Other forms: also θίβη, gen. θίβωνος κιβωτοῦ, Κύπριοι H
Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] Sem.
Etymology: A loan from Semitic, Hebr. tebhah, itself a loan from Egyptian db, t, E. Masson, Emprunts sémit. 76.
