- Source: Patera (disambiguation)
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
Patera (architecture), an ornamental element.
Astronomy
Patera (planetary nomenclature), an irregular crater, or a complex crater with scalloped edges on a celestial body.
People
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
Patera (gastropod), an American genus of snails
Other Uses
A small decorative plate fixed to the base of a clock.