See also: Libertas and libertás

Latin edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Italic *louðortāts, equivalent to līber (free) +‎ -tās. Cognate with Faliscan 𐌋𐌏𐌉𐌚𐌉𐌓𐌕𐌀𐌕𐌏 (loifirtato).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

lībertās f (genitive lībertātis); third declension

  1. liberty, freedom
    Antonyms: servitūs, servitūdō, servitium
  2. civil liberty
  3. political liberty, independence
  4. freedom of speech, candor
  5. (social) privilege

Declension edit

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative lībertās lībertātēs
Genitive lībertātis lībertātum
Dative lībertātī lībertātibus
Accusative lībertātem lībertātēs
Ablative lībertāte lībertātibus
Vocative lībertās lībertātēs

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References edit

  • libertas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • libertas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • libertas in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • libertas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to rob a people of its freedom: libertatem populo eripere
    • to grant a people its independence: populum liberum esse, libertate uti, sui iuris esse pati
    • independent spirit: libertas, libertatis studium
    • to summon to liberty: ad libertatem conclamare
    • to recover liberty: libertatem recuperare
    • to deliver the state from a tyranny: rem publicam in libertatem vindicare a or ex dominatione
  • libertas”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • libertas”, in Samuel Ball Platner (1929), Thomas Ashby, editor, A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome, London: Oxford University Press
  • libertas”, in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Portuguese edit

Verb edit

libertas

  1. second-person singular present indicative of libertar

Spanish edit

Adjective edit

libertas f pl

  1. feminine plural of liberto

Noun edit

libertas f pl

  1. plural of liberta

Verb edit

libertas

  1. second-person singular present indicative of libertar