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pa·te·ra

(pä′tə-rə, păt′ə-)

n. pl. pa·te·ras also pa·te·rae (-rē)

1. A shallow bowl or dish, especially one used ceremonially by the ancient Romans in pouring libations.

2. A shallow crater on the surface of a solar system body, having an irregular or scalloped rim, caused either by past volcanic activity or by the impact of a much smaller solar system body.

[Latin, perhaps from patina, shallow dish (influenced by crātēra, vessel for mixing wine with water); see paten.]

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patera

(ˈpætərə)

1. (Archaeology) archaeol a shallow ancient Roman bowl used in rituals

2. (Architecture) architect a saucer-shaped decorative element, often on walls or ceilings

3. (Astrology) astrology a shallow planetary crater

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Pateras, President of the Hellenic Chamber of Shipping and the Hellenic Maritime Cluster; Claes Berglund, Vice President, European Community Shipowners' Association (ECSA); and Esben Poulsson, Chairman of the International Chamber of Shipping.

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As building crept closer to the road, streams that would have drained runoff from the nearby Pateras mountains were blocked.

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To Ed-in-Chief Grace Pateras, Mgr Ed Kate Weisbrod, and Op Ed Isabella Rosario of The Daily Iowan, Student Newspaper of the University of Iowa: