libator

Latin

Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [liːˈbaː.tɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [liˈbaː.tor]

Noun

lībātor m (genitive lībātōris); third declension

1. one who pours a libation

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	lībātor	lībātōrēs
genitive	lībātōris	lībātōrum
dative	lībātōrī	lībātōribus
accusative	lībātōrem	lībātōrēs
ablative	lībātōre	lībātōribus
vocative	lībātor	lībātōrēs

Etymology 2

Verb

lībātor

1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of lībō

References

• “libator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “libator”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• libator in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016