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Morphology Lemmata λέβησ (external link: λέβησ )Forms: λεβήτεσσιν (data provider: perseus), λεβήτων (data provider: perseus), λέβηθ' (data provider: perseus), λέβησ (data provider: perseus), λέβησι (data provider: perseus), λέβησιν (data provider: donatus-sup), λέβητ' (data provider: perseus), λέβητα (data provider: perseus), λέβητασ (data provider: perseus), λέβητε (data provider: perseus), λέβητεσ (data provider: perseus), λέβητι (data provider: perseus), λέβητοσ (data provider: perseus), λέβητάσ (data provider: donatus-sup)Dictionary Autenrieth: A Homeric lexicon λέβησ [Remark: this dictionary entry has no valid XML/HTML content in database so a text version of this entry is shown. ]: <b><G>le/bhs</G></b>, <G>htos</G>: <i>kettle, caldron</i>, for warming water or for boiling food over fire, Il. 21.362; in the Odyssey usually, <i>basin, wash-basin</i>, held under the hands or feet while water was poured from a pitcher over them, Od. 19.386; called <G>a)nqemo/eis</G>, from the decoration, Od. 3.440. <figure n=76></figure> Bonitz: Index Aristotelicus Liddell-Scott-Jones: A Greek-English lexicon λέβησ λέβησ , ητοσ , ὁ , kettle, cauldron , Il. 21.362, Pi. O. 1.26; τρίπους λ. A. Fr. 1 ; used for gifts and prizes, Il. 23.259, al.; brazier , Th. 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, A. Ag. 1129 (lyr.).
III. basin used as a cymbal or drum , Hdt. 6.58; of the gong at Dodona, Call. Del. 286.
IV. cinerary urn , A. Ag. 444 (lyr.), Ch. 686, S. El. 1401.
V. generally, casket , Id. Tr. 556: pan for colours, Luc. Bis Acc. 8.
VI. vase of cauldron shape on the roof of the temple of Zeus at Olympia, Paus. 5.10.4.
VII. air-vessel used like a diving-bell, Arist. Pr. 960b32.William J. Slater: Lexicon to Pindar
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