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lebes

American

[lee-beez] / ˈli biz /

noun

Greek and Roman Antiquity.

plural

lebes

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

Etymology

Origin of lebes

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

Example Sentences

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Nec tantùm resolutus lebes euanuit, verum etiam flammæ globus repentè è profundo exsiliens, propemodum & Fratrem & socios absumpsit.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 01 by Hakluyt, Richard

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