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Lăbōrīnus campus, i, or Lăbō-rĭāni campi, ōrum, m., or Lăbōrĭae (Leb-), ārum, f., a district in Campania, lying around Capua and Nola, now Terra di Lavoro, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 60; 17, 4, 3, § 28; 18, 11, 29, § 111.

Lĕbădĭa (Lĕbădēa, Stat. Th. 7, 345), ae, f., = Λεβαδεία, Λεβαδία, a Bœotian city near Mount Helicon, and above which was situated the cave of Trophonius, with a temple, now Livadhia, Cic. Div. 1, 34, 74; Liv. 45, 27, 8; Gell. 12, 5.

Lĕbĕdus (-dos), i, f., = Λέβεδος, a city on the coast of Ionia, north of Colophon; where every year great theatrical games were celebrated in honor of Bacchus, Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 6 sq.; Mel. 1, 17, 2; Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 116.

leber for liber, v. 1. liber init.

lĕbes, ētis, m., = λέβης, among the Greeks, a copper basin, kettle, caldron, for cooking, frequently given as an honorary reward or prize: tertia dona facit geminos ex aere lebetas, Verg. A. 5, 266: Dodonaei, id. ib. 3, 466; Ov. H. 3, 31.

  1. B. A handbasin for washing, Ov. M. 12, 243.
  2. C. A bronze vessel in which flesh was boiled, Vulg. 1 Sam. 2, 14 al.: lebetes aëneae, Isid. Orig. 22, 8, 11.
    For ashes: lebetes ad suscipiendos cineres, Vulg. Exod. 27, 3.

Lĕbynthos (Lĕbynthus, Lĕbin-thos or -us), i, f., = Λέβινθος, one of the Sporadic Isles, now Lenitha, Mel. 2, 7; Ov. A. A. 2, 81; id. M. 8, 222.