LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neuterthird declension

lībāmen

lībāmen n (genitive lībāminis)
Classical[liːˈbaː.mɛn]Ecclesiastical[liˈbaː.men]

Meaning

  1. libation, offering to the gods; firstfruits

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativelībāmenlībāmina
genitivelībāminislībāminum
dativelībāminīlībāminibus
accusativelībāmenlībāmina
ablativelībāminelībāminibus
vocativelībāmenlībāmina

lībāmen, ĭnis, n. libo,
I. 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.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Italic *-mn̥ Latin -men Latin lībāmen From lībō (“to make a libation”) + -men (noun-forming suffix).

Descendants
  • Italianlibame

Quick answers

What does lībāmen mean in Latin?
lībāmen, a noun, means “libation, offering to the gods; firstfruits”.
What is the genitive of lībāmen?
The genitive singular is lībāminis. lībāmen is neuter, third declension.
How do you pronounce lībāmen?
In classical Latin, [liːˈbaː.mɛn]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [liˈbaː.men].