patera

See also: Patera

English

Etymology

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.

Noun

patera f (genitive paterae); first declension

  1. A broad, flat dish or saucer, used especially for libations

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative patera paterae
Genitive paterae paterārum
Dative paterae paterīs
Accusative pateram paterās
Ablative paterā paterīs
Vocative patera paterae

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Catalan: plàtera
  • English: patera

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

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

Further reading

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin patera.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /paˈtɛ.ra/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛra
  • Syllabification: pa‧te‧ra

Noun

patera f

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

Declension

Further reading

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

Spanish

Noun

patera f (plural pateras)

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

Derived terms

Further reading

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