Definition of Patera. Meaning of Patera. Synonyms of Patera

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Definition of Patera

Patera
Patera Pat"e*ra, n.; pl. Pater[ae](?). [ L., fr. patere to lie open.] 1. A saucerlike vessel of earthenware or metal, used by the Greeks and Romans in libations and sacrificies. 2. (Arch.) A circular ornament, resembling a dish, often worked in relief on friezes, and the like.

Meaning of Patera from wikipedia

- In the material culture of classical antiquity, a patera (Latin pronunciation: [ˈpatɛra]) or phiale (Ancient Gr****: φιάλη [pʰi.á.lɛː]) is a shallow ceramic...
- Kenneth Wayne Patera (born November 6, 1942) is an American retired professional wrestler, Olympic weightlifter, and strongman competitor. He was well...
- In architecture, patera (pl. paterae) is an ornamental circular or elliptical bas-relief disc. The patera is usually used to decorate friezes and walls...
- Look up patera in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A patera was a saucer-shaped Roman drinking vessel. In modern usage, it describes something similar...
- Nili Patera is a dune field on Mars. It is located on top of a lava bed, at the site of an ancient volcano, the Nili Patera caldera of Syrtis Major, near...
- an article on "pateras", but its sister project Wiktionary does: Read the Wiktionary entry "πατέρας" You can also: Search for Pateras in Wikipedia to...
- John Arlen Patera (August 1, 1933 – October 31, 2018) was an American football player and coach in the National Football League (NFL). He pla**** for the...
- Leviathan Patera is a major cryovolcanic caldera on Neptune's largest moon Triton. Discovered by the Voyager 2 spacecraft in 1989, Leviathan Patera is located...
- Loki Patera /ˈloʊki ˈpætərə/ is the largest volcanic depression on Jupiter's moon Io, 202 kilometres (126 mi) in diameter. It contains an active lava lake...
- Patera is a city and a tahsil in the Damoh district of Madhya Pradesh, India. Patera is famous for kundalpur Jain temples. Kundalpur is 3.5 km away from...