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.
- B. A handbasin for washing, Ov. M. 12, 243.
- 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.