libatio

libatio

Latin

Etymology

    From lībō + -tiō.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    lībātiō f (genitive lībātiōnis); third declension

    1. libation, drink-offering to the gods

    Declension

    Third-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative lībātiō lībātiōnēs
    genitive lībātiōnis lībātiōnum
    dative lībātiōnī lībātiōnibus
    accusative lībātiōnem lībātiōnēs
    ablative lībātiōne lībātiōnibus
    vocative lībātiō lībātiōnēs

    Descendants

    • Catalan: libació
    • English: libation
    • French: libation
    • Italian: libagione, libazione
    • Portuguese: libação
    • Romanian: libație
    • Spanish: libación

    References

    • libatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • libatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • "libatio", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
    • libatio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • libatio”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers