Patera (disambiguation)
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A patera was a saucer-shaped Roman drinking vessel. In modern usage, it describes something similar to a shallow bowl or deep dish and may refer to:
Architecture
[edit]- Patera (architecture), an ornamental element.
Astronomy
[edit]- Patera (planetary nomenclature), an irregular crater, or a complex crater with scalloped edges on a celestial body.
People
[edit]- Patera Silk, fictional character in The Book of the Long Sun by Gene Wolfe
- Adolf Patera (1819-1894), Bohemian chemist, mineralogist and metallurgist
- Dennis Patera (b. 1945), American football player
- Jack Patera (1933–2018), former American football player and coach in the National Football League
- Jiří Patera, multiple people
- Ken Patera (b. 1942), retired professional wrestler, Olympic weightlifter, and Strongman competitor from Portland, Oregon
- Pavel Patera (b. 1971), professional ice hockey player from the Czech Republic
- Anthony Pateras (b. 1979), multidisciplinary musician in Melbourne, Australia
- Raúl Pateras Pescara de Castelluccio (1890-1966), marquis of Pateras-Pescara and an Argentine lawyer and inventor
Zoology
[edit]- Patera (gastropod), an American genus of snails
Other Uses
[edit]- A small decorative plate fixed to the base of a clock.
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