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LIBATION (
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Lat. libatio, from libare, to take a portion of something, to
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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
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wine,
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milk or other liquid as a ceremonial
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act . Such an act was performed in
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honour of the dead (Gr . Xoai,
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Lat. profusiones), in making of
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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
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part of the daily
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ritual of domestic
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worship, or at banquets or feasts to the
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Lares, or to
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special deities, as by the Greeks to
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Hermes, the
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god of
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sleep, when going to
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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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