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lebes
[ lee-beez ]
noun
Greek and Roman Antiquity.
plural lebes.
- a wine bowl having an oval body without handles and a rounded base.
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of lebes1
1850–55; < Latin < Greek ±ôé²úŧ²õ kettle, cauldron
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Now, massa, I's gwine tell yo' my story, an' den I lebes it to yo' to do de right ting by me.
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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.
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Nec tantùm resolutus lebes euanuit, verum etiam flammæ globus repentè è profundo exsiliens, propemodum & Fratrem & socios absumpsit.
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