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LIBATION (Lat. libatio, from libare, to take a portion of something, to taste, hence to pour out as an offering to a deity, &c.; cf. Gr. Aeid3ew)

LIBATION (See also:
LAT
Lat. libatio, from libare, to take a portion of something, to See also:
TASTE (from Lat. taxare, to touch sharply; tangere, to touch)
taste, hence to pour out as an offering to a deity, &c.; cf. Gr. Aeid3ew) , a drink offering, the pouring out of a small quantity of See also:

WINE (Lat. vinum, Gr. oivos)

wine, See also:

MILK (0. Eng. meoluc; from a common Indo-European root, cf. Lat. mulgere, Gr. ?t dXyetv)

milk or other liquid as a ceremonial See also:

ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act. Such an act was performed in See also:

HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour of the dead (Gr. Xoai, Lat. profusiones), in making of See also:

TREATIES

treaties (Gr. orovbi7, virivbeiv=libare, whence vrovbai, treaty), and Particularly in honour of the gods (Gr. Aoq'3r1, Lat. libatio, libamentum, libamen). Such libations to the gods were made as See also:

PART

part of the daily See also:

RITUAL (from Lat. ritus, a custom, especially a religious rite or custom)

ritual of domestic See also:

WORSHIP (i.e. " worth-ship," O. Eng. weor8scipe)

worship, or at banquets or feasts to the See also:

LARES (older form Lases)

Lares, or to See also:

SPECIAL

special deities, as by the Greeks to See also:

Hermes, the See also:

god of See also:

SLEEP (0. Eng. slcepan; Ger. schlafen; cf. Lat. labi, to glide, and " slip ")

sleep, when going to See also:

REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest.

End of Article: LIBATION (Lat. libatio, from libare, to take a portion of something, to taste, hence to pour out as an offering to a deity, &c.; cf. Gr. Aeid3ew)

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