LIB 
ne. — And figur. a condition. Cic. Nos 
ea lege natos, ut, &c. Id. Lex vitae, 
the condition of Life, the tenure by which 
life is held, as it were the stipulation made 
at our birth, namely, that we should he 
subject to the accidents of humanity. 
LsXrDi UiU (A e'ffiSiou), ii, n. a Little word. 
3 Qell. 
LeXIPyRETSS, or -OS (\t%nrvpSTos), a, 
urn, adj. good against fever, antifebrile. 
Plin. 
LeXIS (Ae£ij), is, f. aword.3Lucil. ap. Cic. 
LEXOBII, or LEXOVII, orum, m. a 
people of Gaul, at the mouth of the Seine. 
Cws. 
LIACOLUM (Asiau'co), i, n. an instru¬ 
ment used in plastering, a sort of trowel. 
Vi.truv. (The reading is doubtful.) 
LI BA, ace. of Libs. -U Plural of Libum. 
LIBaCuNCOLOS, i, m. h. e. parvum li- 
3 bum, a little cake. Tcrtull. (But others 
read lucunculo, and luculo.) 
LIBAD 16 N CXtffaStou), ii, n. a kind of 
centaury. Plin. 
LTBa.MkN, Inis, and LIBaMeNTUM 
3 (libo), i, n. what is poured out, scattered, 
or offered at the sacrifices of the gods, a 
libation, drink-offering, any thing offered 
in sacrifice, \oi0f/, cnrovfif/. The former 
word is, for the most part, poetical. Val. 
Place. Ipse gravi patera sacri libamina 
Eacehi rite ferens. Apul. Ctespes (al 
tar of turf ) libamine humigatus. Virg. 
Suminas carpens setas, ignibus imponit 
sacris, libamina prima. Cic. Ut sacri 
ficiorum libamenta serventur, li. e. fru 
ges et baccte, qua; sacerdotes publice li 
bant. Justin. Oceano libamenta dare 
Id. Libamenta Veneri solvere. — Al¬ 
so, that which was cast upon the funeral 
pile with the dead body. Stat. Liba- 
men.-IT Figur. Ovid. Tu nova ser- 
vatie capies libamina fam®, h. e. the 
first diminution; you will first dimmish 
my honor. —- Also, Libamentum, a proof, 
the first trial or essay, specimen, sample. 
Qell. 
LlBiXIQS ( \if]avio ;), i, f. a kind of vine, 
2 •with the odor of incense. Plin. 
UBXN5CHR0S (\i/3av6xpovs), i, f. a 
H precious stone, of the color of incense. 
Plin. 37, 10 . sect. 62. perhaps a sort of 
amber. 
LIBaNoTIS (XifUainoTis), idis, f. rose- 
2 man/, so called from its scent. Plin. 
UBANQTUS, i, m. for which others 
read Libonotus, which see. 
LIBAXuS, i, m. Aifiavos, a mountain of 
Syria, the Lebanon of the Bible. Plin. 
and Anson. -IT Adjectively. Sedul. 
Liliana cedrus (where the first syll. 
is long, though in Anson, it is short). 
hiBARIOS (libum), ii, m. a confectioner, 
2 pastry-conk, one that makes and sells 
colics. Scnec. 
LI BAT 15 (libo), onis, f. the pouring out 
or scattering of any thing hi honor of a 
foil, a drink-offering, libation. Cic. 
oiBELLX (diinin. from libra), ®, f. the 
same as as, the smallest silver coin of the 
Romans, the tenth part of a denarius. 
~ Hence, proverbially, for a very 
small coin or snm of money, as with us, 
0 ,birthing, a groat. Plaut. Una libella 
liber possum fieri, at the cost of a single 
girthing. Id. Ob earn rem mihi libellam 
"J.; l,| i' a > not so much as a fartkina. 
Ht qnis Volcatio unam libellam 
oedisset ? -— Hence, Cic. Ad' libellam, 
0 " JW Mug, quite, exactly, of a debt. 
"I Like as, for the whole of a thing. 
* oclt te (sc. heredem) ex libella, 
, f x tei 'uncio, has made you heir to the 
, Cs f <l£c > !,ut w ‘ ,dl condition, that. 
iZ m , over t0 me one fourth of the 
je;biit Gronovius (with whom &- 
a .p recs ) says that libella is a tenth 
ci,, , a stertius, h. e. quatuor un- 
rc-iH iu S SICllici et scriptulum. Some 
■ a the passage otherwise.-IT Al- 
detecting any varia- 
cl J'LV , ® surface from a level, a lev- 
bclLnfi' r “ Plin ‘ A(1 normain et li- 
C- n 1 ’ hy Bl,unrr - and ,evcl Hence, 
Stiuiis Ca , nl P ester !ocus nd libellam 
UBlT t lcvel > Wfectly horizontal. 
3* c r o ( libel! «s), e, adj. relating 
S „/„„ mk { ' hnoks ) or Ut ^e ’<ooIc (books). 
3bellat^j T ^ C0S ( Td 0» a, urn, adj. Li 
u , a name . . 
LIB 
given to Christians , 
who, through fear of persecution, pur¬ 
chased of the magistrate a (false) certifi¬ 
cate (libellus), that they had sacrificed afier 
the heathen fashion, and so were no longer 
Christians. Cyprian. 
LIBeLLeJXSIS (Id.), is, m. an officer, 
1 whose business it was to receive and enter 
in the public records (acta) the petitions 
which were presented to the emperor; a 
sort of clerk to the master of requests. 
Pandect. 
LIBeLLIS (Id.), onis, in. a scribe, votary. 
3 Varr. ap. Mon. - IT Also, a poor 
copyist or bookseller. Stat. 
LIBeLLOLOS (dimin. from libellus), i, 
3 m._parvus libellus. Martian. Capell. 
LiBeLLuS (dimin. from liber), i, m. a 
small writing, consisting of few leaves, 
ypappariov, pi(3\i6v. For instance, — 
A memorandum-book, journal, list, paper. 
Cic. Guin etiam libellum ipsius habeo, 
in quo est, Salaminii pecuniam debent 
M. Scaptio, et P. Mantinio familiaribus 
meis. Id. Nisi forte si quid memorial 
causa retulit in libellum, id numerabi- 
tur in actis. Id. Mandatorum mihi li 
helium dedit. Id. Libelli gladiato 
mm, lists, rolls. D. Brut, ad Cic. Ut 
ex libellis ejus animadverti, papers 
journals; or letters. Plin. Ep. Ex li- 
bello respondere. — A poem. Cic. Arch. 
10. — A citatidn, summons. Plaut. Ubi 
tu es, qui me libello Venereo citasti ? 
— Also, a written information or com¬ 
plaint, subscribed with the name of 
the accuser. Juvenal, and Pandect. 
A written notice or advertisement, by 
which an estate is offered for sale. Se- 
nec. Suspensum amici bonis libellum 
dejicio. Cic. Libellos Alplienus de- 
Jieet. — A petition, remonstrance, or 
memorial in writing. Cic. Cum li¬ 
bellum Cffisari dedi, probavit causam. 
Sueton. Libellos signare ; or Plin. Ep. 
subnotare, to subscribe, consequently to 
answer. Sueton. (Homo) a libellis, one 
of the officers of the court, who received 
petitions; a master of requests. Pan¬ 
dect. Libellos agere, to have the charge 
of petitions, &c. — A certificate. Pan¬ 
dect. Significent id libello manu sua 
subscripto. — A letter. D. Brut, ad 
Cic. (See above.) —■ A public notifica¬ 
tion, placard, handbill. Sueton. Edebat 
per libellos circa tribus rnissos. — A 
note or card of invitation, for instance, to 
hear something read. Auct. Dial, de 
Orat. - IT Also, a writincr or book, 
when one speaks of it dimfnishingly, 
slightingly or modestly, &c. Cic. Scrip- 
si illud quodam in libello, qui me invi¬ 
to excidit. Liv. Libellis etiam operam 
daret. Horat. (at the end of his first 
book of Sat..) Meo h®c subscribe libel¬ 
lo. -11 Also, a bookseller’s shop. Ca- 
tutt. In omnibus libellis 
LTBkNS, or LuBeNS (libet, or lubet), tis, 
adj. that does any thing willingly or with 
readiness, willing, contented, ready, free, 
with pleasure, with good will, the oppo¬ 
site of invitus, ckoiv. Cic. Cum totius 
Italics concursus facti illius gloriam li¬ 
bens agnovisset. Id. Non rnodo pati¬ 
ent!, sed etiam libenti animo parebo, a 
willing heart, willingly, readily. Id. 
Cum Musis nos delectabimus animo 
requo, immo vero etiam gaudehti ac li¬ 
benti. Id..Me Iibente eripies mihi hunc 
erroretn, with my own free avdready con¬ 
sent, to my own joy. Id. Libentissimis 
Gr®cis, aliquid consequi, the Greeks be¬ 
ing perfectly willing or contented. Plaut. 
Cape at.que serva : me lubente feceris. 
Tacit. Populus habitant dolentum, si- 
mulatione magis, quant libens indue- 
bat. Terent. Fugin’llinc? (Byr.) Ego 
vero ac lubens, indeed I will, and shall 
be glad to do it. Id. Tibi ob earn rem, 
siquid usus venerit, lubens bene faxiin. 
— Libens or lubens merito, a form of 
expression, used by one in. paying a vow, or 
rendering thanks to the, gods. Plaut. Jo- 
vi lubens meritoque vitulor.-IT Al¬ 
so, glad, merry, cheerful, joyful., blithe. 
Plaut. Uti ego illos lubentiores faciam, 
quant Lubentia est ? may pul them in bet¬ 
ter spirits than, Sec. Terent. Hilarum 
ac Inbentem fac te in gnati nuptiis, be 
pleased, joyful, glad. 
LIBeNTKR, or LOBSNTER (libens, or 
lubens), adv. readily, willingly, chccrful- 
487 
LIB 
ly, gladly, with pleasure, of one’s own 
accord, witff jree will, with inclination, 
jonilly acrpeviqs, irpo0vpco(, doiraordis. 
C'c. ut liuiii.jies te non solum au- 
uiaut, verum etiam libenter studi- 
oseque aud;ant. Id. zlvagi/i. Cui li- 
bentissime commodabo, with the greatest 
pleasure. C\cs. Libenter homines id, 
quod voluut, credunt. JYepos. Loque 
libentius, quod latere arbitrabantur, 
and the more willingly. Terent. Nunc 
djeam, quod lubenter uudias, you will 
like to hear. Cato. Ccenare libenter, 
with an appetite Cic. Adjurans, nus- 
quam se unquam libentius, sc. cconasse, 
never supped with a better appetite. 
LIBeNTIA, or LuBeNTIa (Id.), a>, f. 
3 delight, pleasure. Plaut. Onustuin pec¬ 
tus porto lactitia, lubentiaque_Plural. 
Gell. Libenti® conviviorunt _ IT Al¬ 
so, as a goddess or person. Plaut. Lu- 
bentiorcs, quam Lubentia est. 
LIBeNTINA, or LuBeNTiNA (lihentia, 
- or libido), f, a name of Venus, as the 
goddess of pleasure or desire. Cic. 
LIBER (perhaps X e-os, cortex), bri, m. 
the inner bark or rind of a tree, which lies 
under the cortex ; and hence, the bark, 
generally. Cic., Virg. and Colum. - 
II lienee, as the ancients used the bark 
oi trees to write upon, every writing, 
which consists of several leaves, /3i0\°s. 
- IT A book, h. e. the leaves of a 
writing collectively. Cic. Dixi in eo li- 
bro, quern de rebus rusticis scripsi. Id. 
Libros per voiutare. Id. volvere. Id. 
legere. Id. edere. Quintil. emittere. 
Id. componere. Cic. conficere. — Also, 
a poem. Quintil. — And an oration. 
Quintil. — And a comedy. Quintil. _ 
Also, a book, h. e. a division of a book or 
writing. Cic. Tres libri de natura deo- 
rum. — In particular are the Sibylline 
books termed, simply, libri. Cic. aud 
Lie. — And other similar books. Cic. 
M. D. 2, 4. Legeret libros, sc. augu- 
rales.-H A list, catalogue, reiristcr. 
Cic. Vcrr. 3, 71.-If A written ac¬ 
count, by way of testimony, of a person’s 
good or bad actions; unless it may be 
rendered, a letter. JVepos. Lys. 4. _ 
II A rescript. Plin. Ep. principis_ 
IT Lib rum, i, n. for liber. Petrov. 
LIBER (libet, ere), era, erutn, adj. free 
in every view, DevScpos ; and first, 
free, h. e. no slave, or freeborn. Cic. 
in jure civili, qui est matre libera, liber 
est. Mcpos. Oinnes servi atque liberi 
opus facerent. Hence, Cic. Aliquem 
non liberum putare, to deem him. no free¬ 
man, hold him for a worthless fellow, have 
him in no esteem. -IT Also, free, h. e. 
thinking, saying, doing, without regard to 
the opinion of others, frank, open, indepen¬ 
dent,manly,unreserved,bold,fearless. Cic. 
Ludiinur ab homine non tarn faceto" 
quam ad scribendi licentiamlibero. Id. 
Integra animo ac libero Sullae causam 
defendere. Plaut. Libera uti lingua, 
collibitum est mihi. Liv. Vocem libe- 
ram mittere adversus aliquem. Cic 
Hominibus Epiroticis paulo liberiores 
litteras eommittere non audeo. Horat 
Liberrima indignatio. Cic. Liber iii 
ulciscendo, in tuenda libertate_ 
IT Also, free, without let or hindrance, 
free from some particular thing, unim¬ 
peded. Cic. Liberum Senatus judici¬ 
um propter nietum, non fuit. Id. Hoc 
liberiores et solutiores sumus, quod in- 
tegra nobis est judicandi potestas. Id. 
Loca ab arbitris libera. Id. Soluti a eu- 
piditatibus, liberi a delictis. Id. Sum 
et ab observando homine perverso liber 
et ad dignitatem retinendam solutus! 
Ovid. Libera a ferro crura, h. e. un¬ 
shackled. — With ablat. without a prepos. 
Cic. Domus liber® religione. Liv. Om¬ 
ni liber metu, free. Ovid. Carcere li¬ 
ber equus. Cic. Robustus animus om- 
ni est liber cura, void of, exempt from. — 
Also, with genit. Horat. Liber labo- 
rum - Y ir S- Gens Lydia libera fati. 
-IT Also, free, not bound or fettered 
Plaut.., or, not shut up, not confined. Cic'. 
besti®. — Also, in a moral sense, free ; 
as the wise man is said to be the only 
freeman. Cic. — Hence, free, unfetter¬ 
ed,, unshackled, unchecked, uncontrolled, 
unrestrained, unlimited, bound to nothin a- 
without master, at one’s own command. 
