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Latin
Etymology 1
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Pronunciation
Noun
lībātor m (genitive lībātōris); third declension
- one who pours a libation
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Etymology 2
Verb
lībātor
- 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 (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016