libamentum

Latin

Etymology

From lībō (“to make a libation”) +‎ -mentum.

Noun

lībāmentum n (genitive lībāmentī); second declension

1. (chiefly in the plural) in various senses:
   1. a libation, first fruits

      Synonyms: lībāmen, lībātiō

   2. that which is tasted
   3. (post-Classical, rare) a trial, first attempt, specimen

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	lībāmentum	lībāmenta
genitive	lībāmentī	lībāmentōrum
dative	lībāmentō	lībāmentīs
accusative	lībāmentum	lībāmenta
ablative	lībāmentō	lībāmentīs
vocative	lībāmentum	lībāmenta

Descendants

• → English: libament
• → Italian: libamento

References

• “libamentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “libamentum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.