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Lĕbĕdus (-dos), i, f., = Λέβεδος, a city on the coast of Ionia, north of Colophon; where every year great theatrical games were celebrated in honor of Bacchus, Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 6 sq.; Mel. 1, 17, 2; Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 116.

leber for liber, v. 1. liber init.

lĕbes, ētis, m., = λέβης, among the Greeks, a copper basin, kettle, caldron, for cooking, frequently given as an honorary reward or prize: tertia dona facit geminos ex aere lebetas, Verg. A. 5, 266: Dodonaei, id. ib. 3, 466; Ov. H. 3, 31.

  1. B. A handbasin for washing, Ov. M. 12, 243.
  2. C. A bronze vessel in which flesh was boiled, Vulg. 1 Sam. 2, 14 al.: lebetes aëneae, Isid. Orig. 22, 8, 11.
    For ashes: lebetes ad suscipiendos cineres, Vulg. Exod. 27, 3.