libet

Latin

Etymology 1

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, lief, 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

Pronunciation

Verb

libet (present infinitive libēre, perfect active libuit or libitus est, supine libitum); second conjugation, impersonal, optionally semi-deponent, no future active participle, no gerund

  1. (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.")
    • 106 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Cato Maior de Senectute 12.42:
      Quōrsus hoc? Ut intellegerētis, sī voluptātem aspernārī ratiōne et sapientiā nōn possēmus, magnam habendam esse senectūtī grātiam, quae efficeret: ut id nōn libēret, quod nōn opertēret.
      To what [end] is this [discussion]? It is so that you might understand, that if we are unable to reject [the lure of] sensual pleasure through reason and wisdom, we must owe a great [debt of] gratitude to old age, for what it will bring about: that [sensual pleasure] will no [longer] be pleasing [to us], due to its being improper [to advanced age].
      (Nota bene: Be sure not to confuse libet, libēre, “to please,” with līberō, līberāre, “to set free.”)
Usage notes

Designates pleasure in something desired, while placeō in something recognised as right.

Conjugation
   Conjugation of libet (second conjugation, impersonal, optionally semi-deponent, no future active participle, no gerund)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — — libet — — —
imperfect — — libēbat — — —
future — — libēbit — — —
perfect — — libuit,
libitus est 		— — —
pluperfect — — libuerat,
libitus erat 		— — —
future perfect — — libuerit,
libitus erit 		— — —
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — — libeat — — —
imperfect — — libēret — — —
perfect — — libuerit,
libitus sit 		— — —
pluperfect — — libuisset,
libitus esset 		— — —
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active future — — libētō — — —
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present libēre — libēns —
future libitum īre — — —
perfect libuisse,
libitum esse 		— libitus —
future perfect libitum fore — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
— — — — libitum libitū
Derived terms

Etymology 2

    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    lībet

    1. third-person singular present active subjunctive of lībō

    References

    • “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

    Root
    l-b-t
    4 terms

    Etymology

      Inherited from Arabic لَبَثَ (labaṯa).

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ˈlɪ.bɛt/
      • Rhymes: -ɪbɛt

      Verb

      libet (imperfect jilbet, past participle milbut, active participle liebet, verbal noun lbit)

      1. to shrink, draw back, cower fearfully (as in a corner)
      2. to flee, run away (as of an animal with a flight instinct)

      Conjugation

      Conjugation of libet (Form I, sound, i-e ~ i-e)
      positive forms
      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
      negative forms
      singular plural
      1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
      perfect m lbittx lbittx libitx lbitniex lbittux libtux
      f libtitx
      imperfect m nilbitx tilbitx jilbitx nilbtux tilbtux jilbtux
      f tilbitx
      imperative tilbitx tilbtux

      Norman

      Etymology

      (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

      Noun

      libet m (plural libets)

      1. (Jersey, fishing) hoop net
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