单词 | patera |
释义 | pateran. 1. Archaeology. A broad flat saucer or dish, used esp. in pouring out libations at sacrifices. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > implement (general) > vessel (general) > paten > [noun] patenlOE platena1450 patel1548 bread plate1608 bread bowl1638 altar plate1647 patera1658 offertory1672 patina1868 1658 Sir T. Browne Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall iii. 39 Sacrificing patera's, and vessels of libation. 1699 M. Lister Journey to Paris (new ed.) 111 Lamps, Pateras, and other Vessels belonging to the Sacrifices. 1722 J. Richardson Acct. Statues Italy 127 Bacchus leaning one Arm upon a Stump, with a Patera; Exquisitely good. 1759 B. Martin Nat. Hist. Eng. II. 5 Many Urns, and Pateras of fine red Earth. 1845 J. C. Prichard Nat. Hist. Man (ed. 2) 190 Some hold in their right hand a drinking-cup, and in their left a patera. 1856 Jrnl. Brit. Archæol. Assoc. 12 73 Pateræ of red glazed ware..with broad flattened rims of tasselled or liliform patterns. 1980 Times 25 Nov. 6/4 A pewter patera, or shallow cup; and a copper alloy patera once inlaid with enamels. 1992 Christie's Internat. Mag. June 7/3 The god's serpentined draco..is here represented in the act of slithering across the goddess to receive water from the patera, which she holds in her left hand. 2. Decorative Arts. An ornament or decoration resembling a shallow round dish. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > architectural ornament > [noun] > other ornaments pommela1300 crest1430 finial1448 balloon1592 brattishingc1593 knob1610 cartouche1611 ogive1611 fret1626 galace1663 acroterion1664 paternoster1728 semi-urn1742 patera1776 purfling1780 sailing course1807 vesica piscis (also piscium)1809 antefix1819 vesica1820 garland1823 stop1825 Aaron's rod1830 headwork1831 Vitruvian scroll1837 hip knob1838 stelea1840 ball-flower1840 notch-head1843 brandishing1846 buckle1848 cat's-head1848 bucrane1854 cresting1869 semi-ball1875 canephorus1880 crest-board1881 wave pattern1905 husk1934 foliate head1939 green man1939 1776 H. Walpole Let. 29 Feb. in Corr. with W. Mason (1955) I. 249 A sphinx, masks, a patera, and a running foliage of leaves. a1806 J. Barry in R. N. Wornum Lect. on Painting (1848) 198 The Triglyphs and Pateras, ordinarily used. 1837 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 1 59/2 The ceiling is divided into compartments, and ornamented with enriched mouldings and pateræ. 1915 F. W. Burgess Antique Furnit. xii. 166 Most of his [sc. Robert Adam's] furniture was made of mahogany, carved and sometimes gilded in French style. Satin-wood also was used, relieved by urns and oval pateræ. 1980 Christie's Sale Catal.: Eng. & Welsh Porcelain 13 Oct. 9/1 A pair of English porcelain plates, the centres painted with exotic birds in the style of Giles within gilt paterae and scrolling foliage borders. 3. Astronomy. A broad, shallow, bowl-shaped planetary feature with a scalloped or irregular edge. ΚΠ 1974 Trans. Internat. Astron. Union 15B 106 (table) Patera. Shallow complex crater with scalloped edges. 1992 S. P. Maran Astron. & Astrophysics Encycl. 548/1 Several low, dissected volcanos known as highland paterae occur within some of the ridged plains near impact basins. 2003 National Post (Canada) (Nexis) 1 Feb. a20 The International Astronomical Union has agreed to name a patera, an irregular-shaped crater, after Allie Vibert Douglas, a distinguished astrophysicist. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1658 |
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