λέβης
lebes
kettle, cauldron
Appears 24 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
λέβης, ητος, ὁ, A. kettle, cauldron, Il. 21.362, O. 1.26; τρίπους λ. Fr. 1; used for gifts and prizes, Il. 23.259, al.; brazier, 4.100. b. coin stamped with a cauldron, GDI 4979, al. (Crete). II. in Od., mostly the basin in which the purifying water (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, Ag. 1129 (lyr.). III. basin used as a cymbal or drum, 6.58; of the gong at Dodona, Del. 286. IV. cinerary urn, Ag. 444 (lyr.), Ch. 686, El. 1401. V. generally, casket, Tr. 556: pan for colours, Bis Acc. 8. VI. vase of cauldron shape on the roof of the temple of Zeus at Olympia, 5.10.4. VII. air-vessel used like a diving-bell, Pr. 960b32.
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