- λέβης
- λέβης, -ητοςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: `kettle, cauldron' (Il.; on the meaning Brommer Herm. 77, 359 a. 366 f.), also as monetary unit (Crete; Leumann Hom. Wörter 282ff., Ruijgh L'élém. ach. 107); .Compounds: ἰπνολέβης `kettle' (Luc., Ath.)Derivatives: Dimin. λεβήτ-ιον, -ίσκος (IVa), -άριον (Poll.); λεβητ-ώδης `kettle-shaped' (Ath.); -ίζω `cook in a kettle' (Lyc.).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Foreign origin is of course to be considered; cf. κελέβη. On the suffix Fur. 172 n. 118.Page in Frisk: 2,94
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.