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libamen

libamen, a portion offered to the gods, first-fruits, libation

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

lībāmen, inis, n.: a libation; sacrifice, offering, 6.246. (lībō)

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libaminibus Noun: neuter dative plural, Noun: neuter ablative plural of libamen

See libaminibus in Morpho

lībāmen, ĭnis, n. [libo],
  • that which is poured out in offerings to the gods, a drinkoffering, libation (poet. for libamentum), Ov. F. 3, 733: pingui cumulat libamine flammam, Val. Fl. 1, 204: setas Ignibus imponit, libamina prima, the hairs offered as a beginning of the sacrifice, Verg. A. 6, 246.—So (eccl. Lat.) of the Mosaic drinkofferings: vinum libaminum bibere, Vulg. Deut. 32, 38; id. 1 Par. 29, 21.—
    • B Transf., that which is thrown upon a funeral pile, an offering, Stat. Th. 6, 224.—
  • II Trop., the first enjoyment of a thing: tu nova servatae capies: libamina famae, Ov. H. 4, 27.

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