libationary
ʃən noun
1.
a pouring out of wine or other liquid in honor of a deity.
2.
the liquid poured out.
3.
Often Facetious.
a.
an intoxicating beverage, as wine, especially when drunk in ceremonial or celebrative situations.
b.
an act or instance of drinking such a beverage.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English libacio(u)n < Latin lībātiōn- (stem of lībātiō) a drink offering, equivalent to lībāt(us) (past participle of lībāre to pour; cognate with Greek leíbein) + -iōn- -ion
1350–1400; Middle English libacio(u)n < Latin lībātiōn- (stem of lībātiō) a drink offering, equivalent to lībāt(us) (past participle of lībāre to pour; cognate with Greek leíbein) + -iōn- -ion
Related forms
li·ba·tion·al, li·ba·tion·ar·y, adjective
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libation (laɪˈbeɪʃən) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a. the pouring out of wine, etc, in honour of a deity |
| b. the liquid so poured out | |
| 2. | facetious usually an alcoholic drink |
| [C14: from Latin lībātiō, from lībāre to pour an offering of drink] | |
| li'bational | |
| —adj | |
| li'bationary | |
| —adj | |
| libation (laɪˈbeɪʃən) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a. the pouring out of wine, etc, in honour of a deity |
| b. the liquid so poured out | |
| 2. | facetious usually an alcoholic drink |
| [C14: from Latin lībātiō, from lībāre to pour an offering of drink] | |
| li'bational | |
| —adj | |
| li'bationary | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
libation
late 14c., "pouring out of wine in honor of a god," from L. libationem (nom. libatio) "a drink offering," from libare "pour out (an offering)," from PIE *(s)leib- "to pour, drop" (cf. Gk. leibein "to pour, make a libation"), an enlargement of base *lei- "to pour, to flow" (cf. Skt. riyati "to let run;"
Gk. aleison "a wine vessel;" Lith. lieju "to pour," lytus "rain;" Hitt. lilai- "to let go;" Alb. lyse, lise "a stream;" Welsh lliant "a stream, a sea," llifo "to flow;" O.Ir. lie "a flood;" Bret. livad "inundation;" Gael. lighe "a flood, overflow;" Goth. leithu "fruit wine;" O.C.S. liti, lêju, Bulg. leja "I pour;" Czech liti, leji, O.Pol. lic' "to pour"). Transf. sense of "liquid poured out to be drunk" is from 1751.
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