Labeates

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".

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɫa.beˈaː.teːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [la.beˈaː.t̪es]

Labeātēs m pl (genitive Labeātum); third declension

1. A tribe of Illyricum, whose chief town was Scodra

Third-declension noun, plural only.

• Labeātis

• Labeates in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.