libet
Latin edit
Etymology 1 edit
From lubet, from Proto-Italic *luβēt, from Proto-Indo-European stative *lubʰ-eh₁-(ye)-ti, from Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ- (“to love, care for, desire”). Cognate with English love, German lieben, Liebe, Russian любить (ljubitʹ), Sanskrit लुभ्यति (lubhyati).
The unrounding of [u] to [i] is a regular sound change between /l/ and a labial consonant; see also līber (“free”), liber (“book”), and clipeus.
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈli.bet/, [ˈlʲɪbɛt̪]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈli.bet/, [ˈliːbet̪]
Verb edit
libet (present infinitive libēre, perfect active libuit or libitum est); second conjugation, no passive
- (with dative) to be pleasing; to be agreeable
- 254-184 B.C.E., Plautus, Asinaria
- Dīc quod libet. — "Say what you will." (literally: "Say what is pleasing.")
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 254-184 B.C.E., Plautus, Asinaria
Usage notes edit
Designates pleasure in something desired, while placeō in something recognised as right.
Conjugation edit
| Conjugation of libet (second conjugation, mostly impersonal, active only) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | — | libet | — | — | — |
| imperfect | — | — | libēbat | — | — | — | |
| future | — | — | libēbit | — | — | — | |
| perfect | — | — | libuit, libitum est |
— | — | — | |
| pluperfect | — | — | libuerat, libitum erat |
— | — | — | |
| future perfect | — | — | libuerit, libitum erit |
— | — | — | |
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | — | libeat | — | — | — |
| imperfect | — | — | libēret | — | — | — | |
| perfect | — | — | libuerit, libitum sit |
— | — | — | |
| pluperfect | — | — | libuisset, libitum esset |
— | — | libuissent | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | libēre | libuisse, libitum esse |
— | — | — | — | |
| participles | libēns | libitum | — | — | — | — | |
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈliː.bet/, [ˈlʲiːbɛt̪]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈli.bet/, [ˈliːbet̪]
Verb edit
lībet
References edit
- “libet”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “libet”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- libet in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Maltese edit
| Root |
|---|
| l-b-t |
| 4 terms |
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
libet (imperfect jilbet, past participle milbut, active participle liebet, verbal noun lbit)
- to shrink, draw back, cower fearfully (as in a corner)
- to flee, run away (as of an animal with a flight instinct)
Conjugation edit
| Conjugation of libet | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
| perfect | m | lbitt | lbitt | libet | lbitna | lbittu | libtu | |
| f | libtet | |||||||
| imperfect | m | nilbet | tilbet | jilbet | nilbtu | tilbtu | jilbtu | |
| f | tilbet | |||||||
| imperative | ilbet | ilbtu | ||||||
Norman edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun edit
libet m (plural libets)