λιβάς

λῐβάς, άδος, ἡ, (λείβω)

• anything that drips or trickles, esp. spring, fount, stream, S. Ph. 1215 (lyr.), E. Andr. 116, 534 (lyr.); λ. νυμφαία Antiph. 52.13; standing water, Babr. 24.6: in pl., streams, λιβάσιν ὑδρηλαῖς . . πηγῆς A. Pers. 613; δακρύων λιβάδες streams of tears, E. IT 1106 (lyr.); γάλακτος A.R. 4.1735; also ἀραιὰ ἡ Αἴγυπτος καὶ ῥᾳδία λιβάδας διαδοῦναι Ephor. 65 J.: in pl., also of pools of water that collect after rain, ὑπόνομοι λ. Str. 8.6.21, cf. Gal. 6.627, Gp. 2.6.14; of marshes, Thphr. HP 2.4.4; cf. λιβάζω.
• • II vessel that drips when under the influence of heat, a rudimentary thermometer, Hero Spir. 2.8.

λῐβάς -άδος, ἡ [λείβω] anything that flows or drips: fountain, spring, stream, current, flow, drop Aeschl. Pers. 613 Eur. Andr. 116, 534 etc.; σὰν λιπὼν ἱερὰν λιβάδ’ having abandoned your sacred current Soph. Ph. 1215; πολλαὶ δακρύων λιβάδες many streams of tears Eur. I.T. 1106; γάλακτος λιβάδες streams of milk Ap. 4.1735 | χιονέαι λιβάδες sprinkles of snow Nonn. D. 2.523 | pl. puddles, swamps, ponds Gal. 6.627 etc. ‖ a kind of thermometer Hero Pn. 2.8.

λιβάς, άδος, ἡ (λείβω), das Tröpfelnde, Rinnende, Naß, der Quell, λιβάσιν ὑδρηλαῖς παρθένου πηγῆς μέτα, Aesch. Pers. 605 ; vom Flusse, σὰν λιπὼν ἱερὰν λιβάδα, Soph. Phil. 1200 ; πιδακόεσσα λιβάς, Eur. Andr. 116 u. öfter, wie bei sp.D., λιβάδες κρηναῖαι, Antiphil. 39 (IX.599). – Von Tränen, δακρύων λιβάδες, Eur. I.T. 1106. S. auch λίψ.

λιβάς λῐβάς, άδος, λείβω

• anything that drops or trickles, a spring, stream, Soph., Eur.: standing water, Babr.: —in pl. streams, pools, Aesch., Eur.