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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>pătĕra</b>: ae, f. [[pateo]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[broad]], [[flat]] [[dish]] or [[saucer]], used esp. in offerings; a libationsaucer or [[bowl]] (cf.: [[simpulum]], [[simpuvium]]), Varr. L. L. 5, § 122 Müll.; cf. Macr. S. 5, 21: [[aurea]], Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 104; 2, 2, 128: humani corporis sanguinem in pateris circumtulisse, Sall. C. 22, 1: Themistoclem aiunt, cum taurum immolavisset, excepisse sanguinem paterā, etc., Cic. Brut. 11, 43: vinaque marmoreas paterā fundebat in aras, Ov. M. 9, 160; Hor. S. 1, 6, 118: pateris libare et [[auro]], [[golden]] cups, Verg. G. 2, 192: pateram perplovere in sacris cum dicitur significat pertusam esse, Fest. p. 250 Müll.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=(1) <b>pătĕra</b>,¹⁰ æ, f. ([[pateo]]), patère, coupe évasée en usage dans les sacrifices : Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 46 ; Br. 43 ; [[Varro]] L. 5, 122 ; Hor. S. 1, 6, 118.
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{{Georges
|georg=patera, ae, f. ([[pateo]]), [[ein]] flaches Trink- u. Opfergeschirr (zu Libationen), die [[Schale]], [[Opferschale]] (vgl. [[Varro]] LL. 5, 122), Plaut., Cic. u.a.: pat. [[sacrificalis]], Vopisc.
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