lībāmen

I. that which is poured out in offerings to the gods, a drinkoffering, libation (poet. for libamentum), Ov. F. 3, 733: pingui cumulat libamine flammam, Val. Fl. 1, 204: setas Ignibus imponit, libamina prima, Verg. A. 6, 246.—So (eccl. Lat.) of the Mosaic drinkofferings: vinum libaminum bibere, Vulg. Deut. 32, 38; id. 1 Par. 29, 21.—

B. Transf., that which is thrown upon a funeral pile, an offering, Stat. Th. 6, 224.—

II. Trop., the first enjoyment of a thing: tu nova servatae capies: libamina famae, Ov. H. 4, 27.