- λέβης
- λέβης, ητος, ὁ,A kettle, cauldron, Il.21.362, Pi.O.1.26;
τρίπους λ. A. Fr.1
; used for gifts and prizes, Il.23.259, al.; brazier, Th.4.100.b coin stamped with a cauldron, GDI4979, al. ([place name] Crete).II in Od., mostly the basin in which the purifying water ([etym.] χέρνιψ) was handed to the guests before meals, made of silver, 1.137, al.; but in 19.386, a pan for washing the feet; δολοφόνος λ., of the bath in which Agamemnon was slain, A.Ag.1129 (lyr.).III basin used as a cymbal or drum, Hdt.6.58; of the gong at Dodona, Call.Del.286.IV cinerary urn, A.Ag.444 (lyr.), Ch.686, S.El.1401.V generally, casket, Id.Tr.556: pan for colours, Luc.Bis Acc.8.VI vase of cauldron shape on the roof of the temple of Zeus at Olympia, Paus. 5.10.4.VII air-vessel used like a diving-bell, Arist.Pr.960b32.
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