patera
Meanings
noun
- A broad, shallow dish used for drinking, primarily in ritual contexts such as libations.
- A circular ornament, resembling a dish, often worked in relief on friezes etc.
- The caldera or crater (dish-shaped depression) atop a volcano, especially an extraterrestrial one; also used in the names of extraterrestrial volcanoes which have such a caldera.
Word forms
Etymology
From Latin patera.
Derived words
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