lekanen.

1905 H. B. Walters Hist. Anc. Pottery I. iv. 164 The word λεκάνη, however, seems to indicate a large bowl rather than a covered jar, and no satisfactory name has yet been found.]

1905 H. B. Walters Hist. Anc. Pottery I. iv. 177 A method of divination sometimes practised..consisted in placing waxen images in a lekane full of water.

1905 H. B. Walters Hist. Anc. Pottery I. xi. 469 A new form is that known as the lekane, a jar for holding sweetmeats; it has vertical handles and a cover of elaborate form, often surmounted by a small vase.

1918 J. D. Beazley Attic Red-figured Vases Amer. Museums xix. 188 Milchhöfer mentions four lekanides in the style of the Meidias painter.

1918 J. D. Beazley Attic Red-figured Vases Amer. Museums xix. 188 The toilet-vase called lekanis is rarely decorated with pictures before the free period.

1935 G. M. A. Richter & M. J. Milne Shapes & Names Athenian Vases 23 The word λεκάνη..was widely used to signify flattish bowls employed for different purposes... The word lekanis, on the other hand, apparently signifies a bowl used for a special purpose.

1946 G. M. A. Richter Attic Red-figured Vases 13 The lekanis [was] a covered dish often used as a wedding present.

1950 H. L. Lorimer Homer & Monuments vii. 448 The well-known Boeotian lekane in the British Museum.

1967 R. S. Folsom Handbk. Greek Pottery 132 Shapes of pots: Kantharos, tripod pyxis, lekane, skyphos, and cup.