# patera
## English
### Etymology

From Latin patera.

### Noun

patera (plural paterae)
* A broad, shallow dish used for drinking, primarily in ritual contexts such as libations.
* (architecture) A circular ornament, resembling a dish, often worked in relief on friezes etc.
* The caldera or crater (dish-shaped depression) atop a volcano, especially an extraterrestrial one; also used in the names of extraterrestrial volcanoes which have such a caldera.
** 2020, James R. Zimbelman, David A. Crown, Peter J. Mouginis-Mark, Tracy K. P. Gregg, The Volcanoes of Mars, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 116:What caused the transitions from explosive to effusive volcanism in the Circum-Hellas Volcanic Province generally and during the eruptive lifetimes of individual highland patera volcanoes?
** 2021, Tracy K. P. Gregg, Rosaly M. Lopes, Sarah A. Fagents, Planetary Volcanism across the Solar System, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 89:Note that the eroded plains materials to the right of the patera show no signs of individual lava flows.

## Latin
### Etymology

Apparently a nominal formation from pateō (“to be open, gape”).
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### Noun

patera f (genitive paterae); first declension
* A broad, flat dish, saucer, bowl, or vessel, used especially for libations during a religious rite or sacrifice
** 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.60-61:Ipsa, tenēns dextrā pateram, pulcherrima Dīdō candentis vaccae media inter cornua fundit, [...].Most beautiful Dido herself, holding the [ritual] vessel in her right [hand], pours [a libation] in-between the horns of a pure white cow [before it is sacrificed to the gods]. (See: Patera.)

#### Declension

First-declension noun.

#### Derived terms

* patella

#### Descendants

* ⇒ Catalan: plàtera
* → English: patera

#### See also

* patina

### References

* ↑ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “pateō (> Derivatives > patera)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 449

### Further reading

* “patera”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “patera”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* "patera", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
* patera in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* “patera”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
* “patera”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

## Malay
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit पत्र (patra).

### Pronunciation

* (Johor-Selangor) IPA: /ˈpatərə/ [ˈpa.t̪ə.rə]
* (Riau-Lingga) IPA: /ˈpatəra/ [ˈpa.t̪ə.ra]
* Rhymes: -ərə, -rə
* Hyphenation: pa‧te‧ra

### Noun

patera (Jawi spelling ڤاترا, plural patera-patera, informal 1st possessive pateraku, 2nd possessive pateramu, 3rd possessive pateranya)
* leaf (part of a plant)

#### Synonyms

* daun / داءون

### Further reading

* “patera” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Polish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin patera.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /paˈtɛ.ra/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛra
* Syllabification: pa‧te‧ra

### Noun

patera f
* (historical) patera
* stemmed plate (e.g. a cake stand)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* patera in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* patera in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /paˈteɾa/ [paˈt̪e.ɾa]
* Rhymes: -eɾa
* Syllabification: pa‧te‧ra

### Noun

patera f (plural pateras)
* small boat or dinghy (especially one used by illegal immigration to cross the Mediterranean Sea)

#### Derived terms

* piso patera

### Further reading

* “patera”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10