Patera (disambiguation)
# 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
* 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.
