I.a broad, shallow dish, pan, stewpan (cf.: lanx, catinus).
I. Lit.: “ut patinae fervent,” Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 51: “qui mi inter patinas exhibes argutias,” id. Most. 1, 1, 2: “jamdudum animus est in patinis,” i. e. my belly has been crying cupboard, Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 46; Cic. Att. 4, 8, a, 1: “muraena In patinā porrectā,” Hor. S. 2, 8, 43; Plin. 23, 2, 33, § 68: “fictiles,” id. 34, 11, 25, § 109: “orobanche estur et per se et in patinis,” i. e. cooked, id. 22, 25, 80, § 162: “patinae ob immensam magnitudinem,” Suet. Vit. 13: “deerat pisci patinae mensura,” i. e. a dish large enough, Juv. 4, 72.—
II. Transf.
A. A kind of cake, Apic. 4, 2.—
B. A crib, manger, Veg. 1, 56.
