Patera

[pætәrә]

(n.) A saucerlike vessel of earthenware or metal, used by the Greeks and Romans in libations and sacrificies.

(n.) A circular ornament, resembling a dish, often worked in relief on friezes, and the like.

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&c.—often applied loosely to rosettes and other flat ornaments:—pl. Pat′er?/span> (-rē).—adj. Pat′eriform.

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