λέβης, ητος, ὁ,
kettle, cauldron, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.362, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 1.26; τρίπους λ. 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 1 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; used for gifts and prizes, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.259, +others] Refs 8th c.BC+]; brazier, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.100. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__b coin stamped with a cauldron, [[ “GDI” 4979, +others (from Crete). ] Refs]
__II in [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey”] Refs 8th c.BC+], mostly the basin in which the purifying water (χέρνιψ) was handed to the guests before meals, made of silver, [[ 1.137, +others; but in 19.386, a ] Refs]pan for washing the feet; δολοφόνος λ., of the bath in which Agamemnon was slain, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1129 (Lyric poetry). ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__III basin used as a cymbal or drum, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.58 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the gong at Dodona, [[ 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Delum” 286. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__IV cinerary urn, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 444 (Lyric poetry), “Ch.” 686, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1401. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__V generally, casket, [[ [prev. author] “Tr.” 556 ] Refs]: pan for colours, [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Bis Acc.” 8. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]