1. lībo — Lewis & Short
lībo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.root lib-, leibw, loibh/; cf. Līber, delibutus, etc.,
I to take a little from any thing.
I Lit.
A In gen.:
libare gramina dentibus,to crop, Calp. Ecl. 5, 51.—
B In partic.
1 To take a taste of a thing, to taste:
jecur,Liv. 25, 16:
pocula Bacchi,Verg. A. 3, 354:
flumina libant Summa leves,to sip, id. G. 4, 54.—
b Poet., to touch a thing:
cibos digitis,Ov. A. A. 1, 577:
summam celeri pede libat harenam,id. M. 10, 653:
cellulae limen,Petr. 136:
oscula alicujus,to kiss, Verg. A. 1, 256.—
2 To pour out in honor of a deity, to make a libation of any thing:
duo rite mero libans carchesia Baccho,Verg. A. 5, 77:
carchesia patri,Val. Fl. 5, 274:
Oceano libemus,Verg. G. 4, 381:
in mensam laticum libavit honorem,id. A. 1, 740:
pateris altaria libant,sprinkle, id. ib. 12, 174:
sepulcrum mei Tlepolemi tuo luminum cruore libabo,App. M. 8, p. 206 fin.—
b To pour out or forth:
rorem in tempora nati,Val. Fl. 4, 15.—
3 To pour out as an offering, to offer, dedicate, consecrate:
certasque fruges certasque bacas sacerdotes publice libanto,Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 19:
diis dapes,Liv. 39, 43:
uvam,Tib. 1, 11, 21:
frugem Cereri,Ov. M. 8, 274:
noluit bibere, sed libavit eam (aquam) Domino,Vulg. 2 Reg. 23, 16. —Absol., to offer libations:
libant diis alienis,Vulg. Jer. 7, 18:
Domino,id. 2 Reg. 23, 16:
cum solemni die Jovi libaretur,Gell. 12, 8, 2.—So poet.:
carmen aris,Prop. 4 (5), 6, 8.
Celso lacrimas libamus adempto,Ov. P. 1, 9, 41.—
4 To lessen, diminish, impair by taking away:
ergo terra tibi libatur et aucta recrescit,Lucr. 5, 260; id. 5, 568:
virginitatem,Ov. H. 2, 115:
vires,Liv. 21, 29.—
II Trop., to take out, cull, extract from any thing (rare but class.):
ex variis ingeniis excellentissima quaeque libavimus,Cic. Inv. 2, 2, 4; cf. id. Tusc. 5, 29, 82:
qui tuo nomini velis ex aliorum laboribus libare laudem,Auct. Her. 4, 3, 5:
libandus est etiam ex omni genere urbanitatis facetiarum quidem lepos,Cic. de Or. 1, 34, 159:
a qua (natura deorum) haustos animos et libatos habemus,id. Div. 1, 49, 110:
unde (i. e. ex divinitate) omnes animos haustos, aut acceptos, aut libatos haberemus,id. ib. 2, 11, 26: neque ea, ut sua, possedisse, sed ut aliena libāsse. id. de Or. 1, 50, 218.—
B To learn something of, acquire superficially:
sed eum (informamus) qui quasdam artes haurire, omnes libare debet,Tac. Dial. 31 fin.