lebeta
Dictionary entries
- Entry →lebes, lebetis:
Masculine · Noun
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Lewis (Elementary)
copper cauldron, kettle; basin (washing); (prize in the Grecian games);
acc. sg.
Examples
Aeneid V
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...Troas agebat. tertia dona facit geminos ex aere lebetas cymbiaque argento perfecta atque aspera signis. iamque adeo donati..."Aeneid III
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...navis ferri, stipatque carinis ingens argentum Dodonaeosque lebetas, loricam consertam hamis auroque trilicem, et conum insignis galeae cristasque..."