lebes

[ lee-beez ]

noun,plural le·bes.Greek and Roman Antiquity.
  1. a wine bowl having an oval body without handles and a rounded base.

Origin of lebes

1
1850–55; <Latin <Greek lébēs kettle, cauldron

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