λέβης,ητος,ὁ,
A. 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 thebasinin which the purifying water (χέρνιψ) was handed to the guests before meals, made of silver, 1.137 , al.; but in 19.386 , apanfor washing the feet;δολοφόνος λ., of thebathin which Agamemnon was slain, A. Ag. 1129 (lyr.).
III. basin used as acymbalordrum, Hdt. 6.58 ; of thegongat Dodona, Call. Del. 286 .
IV. cinerary urn, A. Ag. 444 (lyr.), Ch. 686 , S. El. 1401 .
V. generally,casket, Id. Tr. 556 :panfor colours, Luc.
Bis Acc.
8 .
VI. vaseof cauldron shape on the roof of the temple of Zeus at Olympia, Paus. 5.10.4 .
VII. air-vesselusedlikea diving-bell, Arist. Pr. 960b32 .