Definition of "patera" in Englisch

noun

1. A broad, shallow dish used for drinking, primarily in ritual contexts such as libations.

2. (architecture) A circular ornament, resembling a dish, often worked in relief on friezes etc.

3. 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.