Associations to the word «Patera»

Wiktionary

PATERA, noun. A broad, shallow dish used for drinking, primarily in a ritual context such as a libation.
PATERA, noun. (architecture) A circular ornament, resembling a dish, often worked in relief on friezes etc.

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin