λαβήν (laben)

λαβήν is an Ancient Greek form of λαβή, meaning “handle, haft; grip, hold”. It is the accusative singular feminine noun.

Found 52 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Plutarch, Theseus 5.4: ὅπως οὖν μὴ παρέχοιεν ἐκ τῶν τριχῶν ἀντίληψιν τοῖς πολεμίοις ἀπεκείραντο. τοῦτο δὲ ἀμέλει καὶ Ἀλέξανδρον τὸν Μακεδόνα ἐννοήσαντά φασι προστάξαι τοῖς στρατηγοῖς ξυρεῖν τὰ γένεια τῶν Μακεδόνων, ὡς λαβὴν ταύτην ἐν ταῖς μάχαις οὖσαν προχειροτάτην.

Plutarch, Agesilaus 38.2: … ἄμυναν ὑπονοοῦσι Καὶ προσδοκῶσι τρεπομένοις, ὁ δὲ μὴ προσδοκῶν μηδὲ ὑπονοῶν μηδὲν οὐ δίδωσι τῷ παραλογιζομένῳ λαβήν, ὥσπερ οὐδὲ τῷ παλαίοντι ῥοπὴν ὁ μὴ κινούμενος. ἐκ τούτου Καὶ ὁ Μενδήσιος ἔπεμπε πειρῶν τὸν Ἀγησίλαον.

All forms of λαβή (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.