LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

lībāmentum

lībāmentum n (genitive lībāmentī)

Meaning

  1. in plurala libation, first fruits
  2. in pluralthat which is tasted
  3. in pluralpost Classicalrarea trial, first attempt, specimen

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativelībāmentumlībāmenta
genitivelībāmentīlībāmentōrum
dativelībāmentōlībāmentīs
accusativelībāmentumlībāmenta
ablativelībāmentōlībāmentīs
vocativelībāmentumlībāmenta

lībāmentum, i, n. id.,
I. that which is poured out in offerings to the gods, a drinkoffering, libation (class.).
I. Lit.: ut sacrificiorum libamenta serventur, Cic. Leg. 2, 12, 29: libamenta Veneri solvere, Just. 12, 10, 4: haec ego nascentes laetus bacchatus ad aras libamenta tuli, offerings, Stat. S. 3, 1, 163: dona magnifica, quasi libamenta praedarum, first-fruits, Cic. Rep. 2, 24, 44: haec est lex sacrificii et libamentorum, Vulg. Lev. 6, 14 (cf. libamen, I. A.).—
II. Trop.
A. That which is tasted: varia illa libamenta, Sen. Ep. 84, 5.—
B. A trial, first attempt, a sample, specimen (post-class. and very rare): primitias quasdam et quasi libamenta ingenuarum artium dedimus, Gell. N. A. praef. § 13; id. 16, 8, 15.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Latin lībāmentum From lībō (“to make a libation”) + -mentum.

Descendants
  • Englishlibament
  • Italianlibamento

Quick answers

What does lībāmentum mean in Latin?
lībāmentum, a noun, means “a libation, first fruits; that which is tasted; a trial, first attempt, specimen”.
What is the genitive of lībāmentum?
The genitive singular is lībāmentī. lībāmentum is neuter, second declension.