lebes

[ lee-beez ]

noun

, Greek and Roman Antiquity.

, plural le·bes.

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of lebes¹

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

Example Sentences

Now, massa, I's gwine tell yo' my story, an' den I lebes it to yo' to do de right ting by me.

From Project Gutenberg

The last view of Agamemnon is given when, at the end of the games, Achilles courteously presents him with the flowered lebes, the prize for hurling the spear, without asking him to compete, since his superior skill is notorious.

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg