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(verb) : lībo, āvi, ātum, 1, root λιβ-, λειβω, λοιβή; cf. Līber, delibutus, etc.
* To take a little from any thing.
* Lit.
* In gen.: libare gramina dentibus,to crop,Calp. Ecl. 5, 51.
* Trop., to take out, cull, extract from any thing (rare but class.): ex variis ingeniis excellentissima quaeque libavimus,Cic. Inv. 2, 2, 4; cf. id. Tusc. 5, 29, 82: qui tuo nomini velis ex aliorum laboribus libare laudem,Auct. Her. 4, 3, 5: libandus est etiam ex omni genere urbanitatis facetiarum quidem lepos,Cic. de Or. 1, 34, 159: a qua (natura deorum) haustos animos et libatos habemus,id. Div. 1, 49, 110: unde (i. e. ex divinitate) omnes animos haustos, aut acceptos, aut libatos haberemus,id. ib. 2, 11, 26: neque ea, ut sua, possedisse, sed ut aliena libāsse. id. de Or. 1, 50, 218.
* To take a taste of a thing, to taste: jecur,Liv. 25, 16: pocula Bacchi,Verg. A. 3, 354: flumina libant Summa leves,to sip,id. G. 4, 54.
* Poet., to touch a thing: cibos digitis,Ov. A. A. 1, 577: summam celeri pede libat harenam,id. M. 10, 653: cellulae limen,Petr. 136: oscula alicujus,to kiss,Verg. A. 1, 256.
* To pour out in honor of a deity, to make a libation of any thing: duo rite mero libans carchesia Baccho,Verg. A. 5, 77: carchesia patri,Val. Fl. 5, 274: Oceano libemus,Verg. G. 4, 381: in mensam laticum libavit honorem,id. A. 1, 740: pateris altaria libant,sprinkle,id. ib. 12, 174: sepulcrum mei Tlepolemi tuo luminum cruore libabo,App. M. 8, p. 206 fin.
* To pour out or forth: rorem in tempora nati,Val. Fl. 4, 15.
* To pour out as an offering, to offer, dedicate, consecrate: certasque fruges certasque bacas sacerdotes publice libanto,Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 19: diis dapes,Liv. 39, 43: uvam,Tib. 1, 11, 21: frugem Cereri,Ov. M. 8, 274: noluit bibere, sed libavit eam (aquam) Domino,Vulg. 2 Reg. 23, 16. —Absol., to offer libations: libant diis alienis,Vulg. Jer. 7, 18: Domino,id. 2 Reg. 23, 16: cum solemni die Jovi libaretur,Gell. 12, 8, 2.—So poet.: carmen aris,Prop. 4 (5), 6, 8. Celso lacrimas libamus adempto,Ov. P. 1, 9, 41.
* To lessen, diminish, impair by taking away: ergo terra tibi libatur et aucta recrescit,Lucr. 5, 260; id. 5, 568: virginitatem,Ov. H. 2, 115: vires,Liv. 21, 29.
* To learn something of, acquire superficially: sed eum (informamus) qui quasdam artes haurire, omnes libare debet,Tac. Dial. 31 fin.
* To take a little from any thing.
* Lit.
* In gen.: libare gramina dentibus,to crop,Calp. Ecl. 5, 51.
* Trop., to take out, cull, extract from any thing (rare but class.): ex variis ingeniis excellentissima quaeque libavimus,Cic. Inv. 2, 2, 4; cf. id. Tusc. 5, 29, 82: qui tuo nomini velis ex aliorum laboribus libare laudem,Auct. Her. 4, 3, 5: libandus est etiam ex omni genere urbanitatis facetiarum quidem lepos,Cic. de Or. 1, 34, 159: a qua (natura deorum) haustos animos et libatos habemus,id. Div. 1, 49, 110: unde (i. e. ex divinitate) omnes animos haustos, aut acceptos, aut libatos haberemus,id. ib. 2, 11, 26: neque ea, ut sua, possedisse, sed ut aliena libāsse. id. de Or. 1, 50, 218.
* To take a taste of a thing, to taste: jecur,Liv. 25, 16: pocula Bacchi,Verg. A. 3, 354: flumina libant Summa leves,to sip,id. G. 4, 54.
* Poet., to touch a thing: cibos digitis,Ov. A. A. 1, 577: summam celeri pede libat harenam,id. M. 10, 653: cellulae limen,Petr. 136: oscula alicujus,to kiss,Verg. A. 1, 256.
* To pour out in honor of a deity, to make a libation of any thing: duo rite mero libans carchesia Baccho,Verg. A. 5, 77: carchesia patri,Val. Fl. 5, 274: Oceano libemus,Verg. G. 4, 381: in mensam laticum libavit honorem,id. A. 1, 740: pateris altaria libant,sprinkle,id. ib. 12, 174: sepulcrum mei Tlepolemi tuo luminum cruore libabo,App. M. 8, p. 206 fin.
* To pour out or forth: rorem in tempora nati,Val. Fl. 4, 15.
* To pour out as an offering, to offer, dedicate, consecrate: certasque fruges certasque bacas sacerdotes publice libanto,Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 19: diis dapes,Liv. 39, 43: uvam,Tib. 1, 11, 21: frugem Cereri,Ov. M. 8, 274: noluit bibere, sed libavit eam (aquam) Domino,Vulg. 2 Reg. 23, 16. —Absol., to offer libations: libant diis alienis,Vulg. Jer. 7, 18: Domino,id. 2 Reg. 23, 16: cum solemni die Jovi libaretur,Gell. 12, 8, 2.—So poet.: carmen aris,Prop. 4 (5), 6, 8. Celso lacrimas libamus adempto,Ov. P. 1, 9, 41.
* To lessen, diminish, impair by taking away: ergo terra tibi libatur et aucta recrescit,Lucr. 5, 260; id. 5, 568: virginitatem,Ov. H. 2, 115: vires,Liv. 21, 29.
* To learn something of, acquire superficially: sed eum (informamus) qui quasdam artes haurire, omnes libare debet,Tac. Dial. 31 fin.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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