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to null'I' a libation of or with, pour out 
in tumor of a god. Voter. Ftacc. Hac 
(patera) libat latices. Virg. Duo rite 
niero It baas carcliesia Bacclio. Id. in 
nieTisam laticum (ft. c. wine) libavit 
honored. Id. Nunc pateras libate Jo- 
vi. Lh). Li bare Uiis (tapes. Virg. Pa- 
teris ultnria libant, for pateras altarilms. 
.— Hence, to offer or consecrate any thing 
to a gml, and especially as the first of 
its kind; and generally, to offer, conse¬ 
crate, devote solemnly. Tibull. uyani. 
Ovid, frugem Cereri. Id. tura diis de 
acerra. Id. ovis Viscera fiammis. OcU. 
(.iaum Jovi libaretur. And, Plin. (with 
aid.) lade, vino. — Figur. in this last 
sense. Ovid. Celso lacrimas lihamus 
adempto. Propcrt. Libare carinina aris. 
_Also, merely to pour out or down. 
Val. Place. rorem in tempora nati.- 
II Figur. to take a. small portion from any 
thine. — in particular, to taste, sip, eat 
or hr ink a portion. Virg. Libabant 
pocuia iiacchi. Id. Flumina libant 
suinma leves (apes), sip. Id. Nulla 
antnem libavit qaadrupes. Calpurn. 
Gramina primum teneris libavit denti- 
bus, cropped. Liv. jecur, to cat thereof. 
_Also, to touch lightly. Ovid, summain 
arenatn celeri pede. Id. cibos digitis. 
Virg. Oscula (mouth, lips ) libavit nattn 
(genit.), h. e. hissed. — Also, to cull, 
pluck, extract, take out, draw. Cic. ex 
variis ingeniis excellentissima quoeque. 
Id. Malta legendo percurrisse, neque 
ea. ut sua possedisse, sed, ut aliena, li- 
basse. Auct. ad Herenn. (lui noraini 
tuo velis ex aliorum laboribus libare 
laudem. Cic. A natura deorum libatos 
auitnos habemus, h. c. our souls are from 
the divine essence. - 11 Also, figur. to 
lessen, diminish, impair. Lucret. nil de 
corpore. Liv. vires. Propcrt. Ne quid 
eras libet ab ore dies, impair beauty. 
Ovid, virginitatem, to deflower. 
LIB5N6T0S, or -03 (\tj36voros), i, ut. 
same as Austroafricus, the south-south¬ 
west wind. Sencc. and Vitrwv. 
LIBRa (Xirpa), te, f. a pound, the Roman 
pound, twelve ounces, equivalent to an 
as. Plin. Libra radicis decocta. Id. 
Tliynnus pinguesceits ad ntille libras. 
Varro. As erat lilirte pondus. Liv. Co- 
ronam aureant libram pondo, a pound 
in weight. Plin. Bin® librte portderis, 
two pounds weight. — Liquids, also, 
were sometimes weighed. Suet.. Cws. 
38. Totidem olei libras (unless libra sig¬ 
nifies a measure which consisted of 12 
equal parts or ounces). — IF Also, a 
balance, pair of scales. Cic. and Pers. 
Hence, Liv. and Ilorat. Libra et tere, 
cash, by payment, or formal payment. 
Also, Pandect.. Per ffis et libram ; and 
Suet. Per assem et libram, h. c. a certain 
formality, attending the transfer of prop¬ 
erty ; for an explanation and descrip¬ 
tion of which, see Mancipium. — Hence, 
the Scales (Libra), a constellation. Virg. 
_Also, an instrument used in determin¬ 
ing a level or the difference of level; a 
level, water-poise, plumb-rule; hence, 
also, the level, as of the sea. Vitruv. 
aquaria. Hence, Colum. Locus pari 
libra cum atquore maris est, on the same 
level, on a level with. So, Id. Aqua ja- 
cens infra libram maris, below the level 
of the sea. Hence, Cws. Alteram na- 
vem pluribus aggressus navibus, in 
quibus ad libram fecerat turres, h. e. 
pari libra hinc et hinc, ne navis inclinet. 
(At. expon. tequalis altitudinis.) — Also, 
fir libramentum, equilibrium, equipoise, 
balance. Plin. 
LIBRALIS (libra), e, adj. of abound, of a 
2 pound weight, libral, \trpaiog, qui est 
tinius librie. Plin. pondus. Colum. 
Librales offas. 
LTBRaMEN (lihro), inis, n. that which 
2 serves te give a steady and well-poised 
motion to a weapon ; for instance, the 
feathers upon a dart. Liv .—— ir Al¬ 
so, examination, pondering, deliberation. 
Claud. Mamert. 
LTBRaMeNTUM (Id.), i, n. that which 
trives by its weight a downward pressure to 
any thing, a weight. Liv. Arietem libra- 
ntento pLumbi gravatum, ad terrain ur- 
gebant, h. c. by a leaden weight thrown 
upon it. — Hence, the power of a thing, 
tj virtue of which it moves rapidly to any 
place. Plin. aqure, h. e. an ascending or 
descending force, fall, slope, declivity. — 
Hence, that which gives a power of equa¬ 
ble and poised motion through the air. 
Tacit. Libramenta tormentorum, ft. e. 
the weights attached to the balistre, by 
which Vmj could discharge missiles with 
more force and steadiness. -II Also, an 
even, plane surface, horizontal plane, level 
line. Cic. — Also, generally, evenness 
or equality, equipoise, balance, counter¬ 
poise. Colum. Temperatum libramen¬ 
tum ventorum hiemalium et testivorum. 
LTBRaRIX (librarius, from liber), se, f. 
3 sc. taberna, a bookseller’s shop, pip\io- 
ntoXeTov. Gell. 
LIBRaIUX (librarius, from libra), te, f. 
sc. ancilla, a female slave, whose office it 
was to weigh out or dispense the wool to 
those who spun. Juvenal. 
LIBRaRISLOS (dimin. from librarius), 
i, m. a copyist, transcriber, secretary; 
also, one who copied and sold books. Cic. 
LTBRaRIUM, ii, n. See Librarius. 
LIBRaRIOS (liber, bri), a, um, adj. of or 
pertaining to books. Varro. scriba, and 
llorat. scriptor, ft. e. copyist, transcriber 
of books ; this was done by slaves, who 
also transcribed other writings, partly 
for their masters and partly for pay ; 
they also wrote several things for their 
masters, such as letters, &c.; hence, 
we may also render, secretary, clerk, 
amanuensis. Cic. Libraria taberna, a 
bookseller’s shop. -IT Hence, substan¬ 
tively, Librarius, ii, m. a copyist, tran¬ 
scriber, clerk, secretary, amanuensis, 
scribe, scrivener, bookkeeper. Cic., Liv. 
.and Pandect. — Also, a bookseller. Se- 
nec. - IT Also, Libraria, te, f. sc. 
taberna, a bookseller’s shop. Gell. - 
IF Also, Librarium, ii, n. a receptacle 
for books and other writings, a book-chest 
or box. Cic. 
LIBRaRIOS (libra), a, um, adject, of a 
pound, of a pound weight. Colum. frus¬ 
tum. Cato, foramen, ft. c. a mass of 
iron of a pound weight , with a hole in it 
-IF Also, pertaining to scales or weigh¬ 
ing. Juvenal. Libraria, sc. femina or 
ancilla. See Libraria. 
LTBRaTTS (libro), onis, f. a weighing, 
2 poising, balancing; also, a levelling , 
level, horizontal position. Mimic. Eel. 
Jam scies, quam sit in eo (sc. coelo) 
summi moderators rnira et divina li- 
bratio. Vitruv. Qui Archimedis libros 
legit, dicet, non posse fieri veram ex 
aqua librationem. Id. Libratio terrte. 
LIBRaTSR (Id.), oris, m. one that finds 
2 the difference of level between places, a 
leveller, surveyor. Plin. Ep. -IF Al¬ 
so, one that shoots weapons by means of 
an engine, a sort of gunner, or cannonier. 
Tacit. Ann. 2, 20 ; 13, 39. Ed. Em.; but 
Ed. Gron. has libritores in the same 
sense. 
I.TBRaTORa (Id.), ®, f. a making even. 
3 Ve/ret. cutis. 
LIBRaTOS, a, um, particip. from libro. 
_ If Adj. level, horizontal. Vitruv. 
Aquam non esse libratam. Id. plani- 
Hes.-IF Also, sent or moved with a 
steady and, as it were, well-balanced course, 
well-aimed, steady and sure. Tacit. In- 
gerunt desuper Othoniani pila, librato 
magis, et certo ictu. Liv. Gravior, ac 
pondere ipso libratior superne ex onera- 
riis ictus erat. 
LTBRIGER (liber, -bri, & gero), eri, m. 
3 that, bears a hook. Paulin. Nolan. 
LIBRILIS (libra), e, adj. of a pound, same 
as Libralis. Cm. Fundis, librilibus 
sudibusque Gallos perterrent, sc. saxis 
stones of a pound weight; as others read, 
fundis librilibus, ft. e. slings dischar¬ 
ging stones of a pound weight; some 
read libralibus. - IT Librlle, is, n. sc. 
instrumentum, abalance. Gell. — Also, 
according to Fcst. the beam of a balance. 
LTBRIPeNS (libra & pendo), dis, m. the 
person that weighed out or paid to the sol¬ 
diers their wages; a pay-master. Plin. 
_If Also, in nominal sales, he that 
held the balance, as if to weigh out the 
brass to pay for the purchase. Plin. 
LTBRIT 6 R. See Libratoi. 
LIBR5 (libra), as, avi, atum, a. 1. to 
weigh, weigh out, balance. Figur. Pers. 
crimina in antithetis. - IF Also, to 
make level, to level. Cato. Pavimenta 
490 
ad hunc modum facito ; ubi ltbraveris. 
&c. — Figur. Colum. Et paribus Titan 
orbem libraverit lioris, ft. e. eequaverit 
nocti diem. — Also, Librare aquam, to 
determine the difference of level between 
the water and the place to which it is to be 
brought. Vitruv. - IT Also, to hold 
in equilibrium, poise, balance, and so to 
cause to hang or hover, to suspend, bear 
up, sustain, hold in its place. Cic. Quibus 
terra librata ponderibus, maintained or 
continuing in equilibrium. Plin. Aerts 
vi suspensam librari medio spatio tel- 
lurem. Id. Tenuipediculolibratur pon¬ 
dus immobile aura, is balanced,supported, 
sustained. Gell. Acervum ratione qua- 
dam quasi geometrica librari contine- 
lique animadvertit. Ovid. Vela ca- 
dunt primo, et dubia librantur ab aura, 
ft. e. non intenduntur, sed suspensa an- 
tennis laxe agitantur. Sil. Fluctua su¬ 
pra, vento librante, pependit. Plin. 
Terrain stare pendentem, librantem 
(ea) per qute pendeat, ft. e. holding in 
equilibrium or sustaining upon its sur¬ 
face the air and water by which it is itself 
borne up. — Figur. Tacit. Si immerisum 
imperii corpus librari sine rectore pos¬ 
set. -IT Also, to poise, wave, aim, di¬ 
rect, launch, hurl. Ovid. Quod (ft. e. 
jaculum) dextera iibrat dtim mea, dum 
digitos amentis indere tento, lamina 
deflexi, &c. Virg. Telum librabat ab 
aure. Id. Robur (£fte spear) in Pallanta 
diu librans jacit. Id. Reducta dextra 
(abl.) libravit c®stus media inter cor¬ 
nua (juvenci). Lucan. Librare bipen- 
nem ausus, et proscindere quercum 
Senec. Sic hue et illuc impiarn Iibrat 
manum. Plin. Haliaretos librans ex 
alto sese, raising itself upon its wings. 
Ovid. Libravit in alas suum corpus, 
ft. e. raised his body upon his mugs. Id. 
Liquido librare in aere cursus, ft. e. 
fly. Virg. His (lapillis) sese (apes) 
per inania nubila librant, balance them¬ 
selves in their flight, fly steadily. Ocid. 
Librare corpus m herba, to let it down 
n-cntly, as it were with a poised or sus¬ 
pended motion.- IF Also, to weigh, 
ponder, consider, examine. Stat. Paulutil 
stetit heros, librabatque metus. Pan¬ 
dect. prascriptiones. - IF See, also, 
Libratus, a, um. . . 
LIBS (Aixp, hfids), Ubis, adj. pertaining 
to Libya, African; absol. a Lybian or 
African. Sidon. Libs, ft. c. Antonis. — 
Libs, sc. ventus, same as Africus, the 
west-south-west wind. Plin. 
LIBUM. (unc.), i, n. a kind of cake, a cake. 
3 Cato and Martial. — Especially, a kind 
of cake which was offered to the gods, made 
of meal, milk, eggs and oil; an offering- 
cake. Varr., Virg. and Ovid. Cakes 
of this sort used to be baked on birth- 
days. Ovid .-IT Libu 9 , i, m. Nigi 
ap. JWm. 
LIBuRNIX, a?, f. a region of niymum, be¬ 
tween Istria and Dalmatia, the modem 
Croatia. Plin. -IF Hence, L'be™u=, 
a, um, adj. belonging to Liburma, Lbur- 
’■ ’ - --_ Liburnus, l, m. 
or the like 
Liburnicus, 
nus. Plin, 
nica, sc. navis^ 
LIByX, ib 
? nan. Lucan, terra. . 
a Liburnian ; of these many were slaves 
at Rome. Juvenal. - Liburni, orurn, 
the Liburnians. Virg. and Liv. 
burna, sc. navis, a light and 
sel; a brigantine, felucca, galliot ,; > 
- Cm. and Herat. -IT A ^ 
a, um, adj. same as Lmur 
insults. — Hence, Lib 
ft. e. Libuma. Sudan. 
ind LIBye (Kifthnh es > *' 
Lihirn, apart of Africa, kfnandMwm 
Ethiopia and the Atlantic. Cic. ° r , 
a narrower sense, the part of Africa 
tween Egypt ana trie 
Plin. Libya Mareotis 
Libya Citrus. a( u Libyan, 
rr-iSs, wgtffSh 
Herat. Libyc® are®, the thrmi ^j _ n 
of Africa; for Africa was very fe 
corn. Id. Libyci 9^ wal |s, 
Numidian marble, for mer A - fera , 
'Syrtes, called by 
_ jL- it Often put 
1 a s by the Greeks. Virg • 
