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lebes

American

[lee-beez] / ˈli biz /

noun

Greek and Roman Antiquity.

a wine bowl having an oval body without handles and a rounded base.

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lebes

plural

Etymology

Origin of lebes

1850–55; < Latin < Greek lébēs kettle, cauldron

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