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Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *liβus which continues Proto-Indo-European *h₂libʰus (“greasy”), from the root *h₂leybʰ- that produced ἀλείφω (aleíphō, “I anoint”) and lībum (“sacrificial cake”).
Pronunciation
Verb
dēlibuō (present infinitive dēlibuere, perfect active dēlibuī, supine dēlibūtum); third conjugation
- to besmear
- to anoint
Conjugation
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References
- “delibuo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- delibuo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “libo”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 339