lĕbes (noun M) : λέβης, among the Greeks
* A copper basin, kettle, caldron, for cooking, frequently given as an honorary reward or prize: tertia dona facit geminos ex aere lebetas,Verg. A. 5, 266: Dodonaei,id. ib. 3, 466; Ov. H. 3, 31.
* A handbasin for washing, Ov. M. 12, 243.
* A bronze vessel in which flesh was boiled, Vulg. 1 Sam. 2, 14 al.: lebetes aëneae,Isid. Orig. 22, 8, 11.—For ashes: lebetes ad suscipiendos cineres,Vulg. Exod. 27, 3.

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