libamen

Latin

Etymology

From lībō (“I make a libation”) +‎ -men (noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /liːˈbaː.men/, [lʲiːˈbäːmɛn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /liˈba.men/, [liˈbäːmen]

Noun

lībāmen n (genitive lībāminis); third declension

1. libation, offering to the gods

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lībāmen	lībāmina
Genitive	lībāminis	lībāminum
Dative	lībāminī	lībāminibus
Accusative	lībāmen	lībāmina
Ablative	lībāmine	lībāminibus
Vocative	lībāmen	lībāmina

Synonyms

• lībāmenta

Related terms

• lībāmenta
• lībātiō
• līber

References

• “libamen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “libamen”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• libamen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.