patera

See also: Patera

English

Etymology

From Latin patera.

Noun

patera (plural paterae)

1. A broad, shallow dish used for drinking, primarily in ritual contexts such as libations.
2. (architecture) A circular ornament, resembling a dish, often worked in relief on friezes etc.
3. The caldera or crater (dish-shaped depression) atop a volcano, especially an extraterrestrial one; also used in the names of extraterrestrial volcanoes which have such a caldera.
   • 2020, James R. Zimbelman, David A. Crown, Peter J. Mouginis-Mark, Tracy K. P. Gregg, The Volcanoes of Mars, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 116:

     What caused the transitions from explosive to effusive volcanism in the Circum-Hellas Volcanic Province generally and during the eruptive lifetimes of individual highland patera volcanoes?

   • 2021, Tracy K. P. Gregg, Rosaly M. Lopes, Sarah A. Fagents, Planetary Volcanism across the Solar System, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 89:

     Note that the eroded plains materials to the right of the patera show no signs of individual lava flows.

Latin

patera

Etymology

From pateō.

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Noun

patera f (genitive paterae); first declension

1. A broad, flat dish, saucer, bowl, or vessel, used especially for libations during a religious rite or sacrifice
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.60-61:

     Ipsa, tenēns dextrā pateram, pulcherrima Dīdō
     candentis vaccae media inter cornua fundit, [...].

     Most beautiful Dido herself, holding the [ritual] vessel in her right [hand], pours [a libation] in-between the horns of a pure white cow [before it is sacrificed to the gods].
     (See: Patera.)

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	patera	paterae
genitive	paterae	paterārum
dative	paterae	paterīs
accusative	pateram	paterās
ablative	paterā	paterīs
vocative	patera	paterae

Derived terms

• patella

Descendants

• ⇒ Catalan: plàtera
• → English: patera

See also

• patina

References

• “patera”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “patera”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• patera in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• patera in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “patera”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “patera”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Malay

Etymology

From Sanskrit पत्र (patra).

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /patərə/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /patəra/
• Rhymes: -ərə, -rə

Noun

patera (Jawi spelling ڤاترا, plural patera-patera, informal 1st possessive pateraku, 2nd possessive pateramu, 3rd possessive pateranya)

1. leaf (part of a plant)

Synonyms

• daun / داءون

Further reading

• “patera” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin patera.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈtɛ.ra/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛra
• Syllabification: pa‧te‧ra

Noun

patera f

1. (historical) patera
2. stemmed plate (e.g. a cake stand)

Declension

Declension of patera

	singular	plural
nominative	patera	patery
genitive	patery	pater
dative	paterze	paterom
accusative	paterę	patery
instrumental	paterą	paterami
locative	paterze	paterach
vocative	patero	patery

Further reading

• patera in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• patera in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈteɾa/ [paˈt̪e.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -eɾa
• Syllabification: pa‧te‧ra

Noun

patera f (plural pateras)

1. small boat or dinghy (especially one used by illegal immigration to cross the Mediterranean Sea)

Derived terms

• piso patera

 

Further reading

• “patera”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28