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λέβης

λέβης, a kettle

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.

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