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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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) , a drink offering, the pouring out of a small quantity of wine,

milk

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

or other liquid as a ceremonial act. Such an act was performed in

honour

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

of the dead (Gr. Xoai, Lat. profusiones), in making of

treaties

TREATIES

(Gr. orovbi7, virivbeiv=libare, whence vrovbai, treaty), and Particularly in

honour

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

of the gods (Gr. Aoq'3r1, Lat. libatio, libamentum, libamen). Such libations to the gods were made as

part

PART

of the daily

ritual

RITUAL (from Lat. ritus, a
custom
- CUSTOM (from O. Fr. costume, costume or coustume; Low Lat. costuma, a shortened form of consuetudo)
, especially a religious rite or
custom
- CUSTOM (from O. Fr. costume, costume or coustume; Low Lat. costuma, a shortened form of consuetudo)
)

of domestic

worship

WORSHIP (i.e. "
worth
- WORTH
- WORTH, CHARLES FREDERICK (1825-1895)
-ship," O. Eng. weor8scipe)

, or at banquets or feasts to the Lares, or to

special

SPECIAL

deities, as by the Greeks to

Hermes

HERMES
HERMES, GEORG (1775-1831)

, the god of sleep, when going to rest.

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