libamenta

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /liː.baːˈmen.ta/, [lʲiːbäːˈmɛn̪t̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /li.baˈmen.ta/, [libäˈmɛn̪t̪ä]

Noun

lībāmenta n pl (genitive lībāmentōrum); second declension (plurale tantum)

1. libation, offering to the gods

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	lībāmenta
Genitive	lībāmentōrum
Dative	lībāmentīs
Accusative	lībāmenta
Ablative	lībāmentīs
Vocative	lībāmenta

Synonyms

• lībāmen

Related terms

• lībātiō
• līber

References

• “libamenta”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers