单词 | libate |
释义 | libatev. a. transitive. To pour out (wine, etc.) in honour of a god. Also, to make a libation to (a god). ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > sacrifice or a sacrifice > kinds of sacrifice > [verb (transitive)] > make a libatory offering wassail1648 libate1866 1866 J. B. Rose tr. Ovid Fasti vi. 762 She libated the wine In sacrifice. 1880 L. Wallace Ben-Hur vii. xi. 441 A son of Israel has no gods whom he can libate. b. intransitive. To pour out libations. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > sacrifice or a sacrifice > kinds of sacrifice > [verb (intransitive)] > make a libatory offering libate1867 1867 J. B. Rose tr. Virgil Æneis 227 Around the tables all libating stand, Invoking heaven. Derivatives liˈbated adj. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > sacrifice or a sacrifice > kinds of sacrifice > [adjective] > offered to idol idolothyte1562 idolothyous1607 libated1866 1866 J. B. Rose tr. Virgil Georgics i. 360 Pay unto Ceres, rustics rites divine, With milk and honey and libated wine. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < |
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