libitum
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Perfect active participle of libet (“it is pleasing”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈli.bi.tum/, [ˈlʲɪbɪt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈli.bi.tum/, [ˈliːbit̪um]
Participle edit
libitum (indeclinable)
- pleased, having been one's pleasure.
- (substantive) one's pleasure.
Declension edit
- Singular and neuter only, except as substantive libita (“one's pleasure”).
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- →⇒ English: ad libitum
- → Italian: libito