Labeates

== Latin == === Etymology === borrowed from Ancient Greek Λαβεάται (Labeátai). Thought to be related to the modern Labëri (“land of lab”), derived from lëbozë (“horizon/sky”), from Proto-Albanian *labeita close to the name of the Illyrian tribe Labeatae, suggesting an archaic meaning of "small sky". === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɫa.beˈaː.teːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [la.beˈaː.tes] === Proper noun === Labeātēs m pl (genitive Labeātum); third declension A tribe of Illyricum, whose chief town was Scodra ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun, plural only. ==== Derived terms ==== Labeātis === References === “Labeates”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.