delibuo

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

  1. to besmear
  2. to anoint

Conjugation

Synonyms

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