Synonyms for libation
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : lahy-bey-shuh n |
Phonetic Transcription : laɪˈbeɪ ʃən |
Définition of libation
Origin :- late 14c., "pouring out of wine in honor of a god," from Latin libationem (nominative libatio) "a drink offering," noun of action from past participle stem of libare "pour out (an offering)," from PIE *(s)leib- "to pour, drop" (cf. Greek leibein "to pour, make a libation"), an enlargement of root *lei- "to pour, to flow" (cf. Sanskrit riyati "to let run;" Greek aleison "a wine vessel;" Lithuanian lieju "to pour," lytus "rain;" Hittite lilai- "to let go;" Albanian lyse, lise "a stream;" Welsh lliant "a stream, a sea," llifo "to flow;" Old Irish lie "a flood;" Breton livad "inundation;" Gaelic lighe "a flood, overflow;" Gothic leithu "fruit wine;" Old Church Slavonic liti, lêju, Bulgarian leja "I pour;" Czech liti, leji, Old Polish lić "to pour"). Transferred sense of "liquid poured out to be drunk" is from 1751. Related: Libations.
- noun oblation
- I wonder; for there is something besides guanabana in the libation!
- Extract from : « The Pearl of the Antilles, or An Artist in Cuba » by Walter Goodman
- One of these was in the form of a man pouring from a cup a libation to the gods.
- Extract from : « Captains of Industry » by James Parton
- To gain them you have but to take this goblet and pour the libation on yonder altar.
- Extract from : « The Martyr of the Catacombs » by Anonymous
- This libation restored him all his coolness and presence of mind.
- Extract from : « The Freebooters » by Gustave Aimard
- For the same reason the cup was offered—broken—with the libation.
- Extract from : « Demonology and Devil-lore » by Moncure Daniel Conway
- What say you, he said, as to making a libation from this potion?
- Extract from : « Historical Parallels, vol 3 (of 3) » by Arthur Thomas Malkin
- The libation with which the victim was consecrated to death was called immolatio.
- Extract from : « Quintus Claudius, Volume 2 of 2 » by Ernst Eckstein
- I am not fit to receive the libation which will bring offspring.
- Extract from : « Indian Myth and Legend » by Donald Alexander Mackenzie
- A second libation followed, this time to “Athene the Keeper of the City.”
- Extract from : « Callias » by Alfred John Church
- To pour out a libation of milk on the road is a sign of welcome in Morocco.
- Extract from : « Mogreb-el-Acksa » by R. B. Cunninghame Graham
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