Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Greek antiquity, a metal caldron, usually of bronze, but sometimes of gold and silver, often offered as a prize.
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Examples
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Or he is said Lebbæus of lebes, that is a vessel of heart by great hardiness, or a worshipper of heart by purity, a vessel by plenitude of grace, for he deserved to be a vessel of virtues and a caldron of grace.
The Golden Legend, vol. 6 1230-1298 1900
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December 27, 2007 at 5:13 am on ob mai kittehs is filekitteh. she lubs to trai and get in the kabinet. if i lebes a kabinet open she wil krawl in an be in teh bak. i is alwuz afraid dat i’z gonna klose drawer on her. dis kitteh luks lik just got owt of teh bak.
FILECAT IS SEARCHING - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2007
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It lebes cookeys nawt fud on ur pyoota adn tihs mai halp.
Laws of Kitteh Probability: - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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Nec tantùm resolutus lebes euanuit, verum etiam flammæ globus repentè è profundo exsiliens, propemodum &
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Nec tant鵰 resolutus lebes euanuit, verum etiam flamm� globus repent� � profundo exsiliens, propemodum &
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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A bronze lebes, a vessel for mixing wine and water, and a phiale found in the burial would have been used in banquets.
Dig Like a Surgeon 1999
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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.
Homer and His Age Andrew Lang 1878
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Nec tantùm resolutus lebes euanuit, verum etiam flammæ globus repentè è profundo exsiliens, propemodum & Fratrem & socios absumpsit.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 01 Richard Hakluyt 1584
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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.
The Gentle Art of Cooking Wives Elizabeth Strong Worthington
gleymdi commented on the word lebes
These example need review! Some of them are completely unrelated to the definition, being a separate word in dialectal English or creole, and some are all in Latin.
April 28, 2024