- ἴβανον
- ἰβάνη, ἴβανονGrammatical information: f, n.Meaning: water-bucket'; ἴβδης `cock, plug in a ships bottom',Other forms: LSJ does not give a form * ἴβανος (DELG s.v. ἰβάνη)Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: Usually connected with εἴβω (s. v.); doubts in Bq. The word seems to live on in Tsakon. ἰμάνι `bucket to scoop water', s. Kukules Άρχ. 27, 61ff.; cf. also on ἱμάς. Also Fur. 220f. - The word ἴβδης will hardly be IE. Fur. 307 compares Hitt. impa `load'. Though it has to do with emtying a ship, it is not evident that it belongs to the word ἰβάνη.Page in Frisk: 1,707
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.