lubet

English

Noun

lubet

1. (countable) pleasure.

   Synonyms: delight, joy

   • 1939, Henry Miller, Tropic of Capricorn, Grove Press, published 1962, page 295:

     You must believe me that on this street, neither in the houses which line it, nor the cobblestones which pave it, nor the elevated structure which cuts it atwain, neither in any creature that bears a name and lives thereon, neither in any animal, bird or insect passing through it to slaughter or already slaughtered, is there hope of “lubet,” “sublimate” or “abominate.”

Anagrams

• bluet, butle

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *luβet, (from Proto-Italic *luβēō (“to desire”)), from Proto-Indo-European *lubʰ-eh₁-(ye)-ti (stative), from *lewbʰ- (“love, care, desire”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈlu.bet/, [ˈɫ̪ʊbɛt̪]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈlu.bet/, [ˈluːbet̪]

Verb

lubet (present infinitive lubēre, perfect active lubuit or lubitum est); second conjugation, no passive

1. Alternative form of libet (lubet being the most conservative version)

Conjugation

Conjugation of lubet (second conjugation, mostly impersonal, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	—	lubet	—	—	—
	imperfect	—	—	lubēbat	—	—	—
	future	—	—	lubēbit	—	—	—
	perfect	—	—	lubuit, lubitum est	—	—	—
	pluperfect	—	—	lubuerat, lubitum erat	—	—	—
	future perfect	—	—	lubuerit, lubitum erit	—	—	—
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	—	lubeat	—	—	—
	imperfect	—	—	lubēret	—	—	—
	perfect	—	—	lubuerit, lubitum sit	—	—	—
	pluperfect	—	—	lubuisset, lubitum esset	—	—	lubuissent
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		lubēre	lubuisse, lubitum esse	—	—	—	—
participles		lubēns	lubitum	—	—	—	—

References

• “lubet”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press