LIB 
candi liberarem, A. e.from my •prohibition 
or interdict. — Also, Cic. Buthrotios li- 
beravisset, namely, from a division of 
their lands. — Also, to free from an obli¬ 
gation. Cic. Volusium, h. e. from the 
saretiship and payment Pandect, fun- 
dum obligatum alii, from the mortgage 
&.c.; to release. So, Cic. fidem suam ; 
to fulfil one’s promise. Id. promissa. 
make void, cancel, free from obligation. 
Hence, Pandect. Debitor liberatur, is 
freed from obligation, by paying his 
debt. Hence, figur. Colum. Omnem 
impensam suo pretio liberet, repays, 
makes good, clears, covers. — Also, to 
free from difficulties, clear up, put in or¬ 
der, adjust. Liv. nomina, h e. debts. — 
Also, to discharge, acquit, absolve. Cic. 
aliquem, and aliquem aliquo crimine. 
So also, Id. Liberatur Milo, non eo con- 
sflio profectus esse, is acquitted or proved 
to be innocent of having set out with that 
design. — Also, Cic. e legg. xii. tab. 
Templa liberata, h. e. from whatever in¬ 
terferes with the prospect. -IT Also, to 
cross over (as we say), clear. Hygin. 
and Frontin. flumen. Petron. limen. 
- VLiberasso, /or-liberavero. Plaut. 
IvIBeRTa (fem. corresponding to liber¬ 
tus),®, f. a freed-woman. Horat. Hence, 
Cic. Liberta Veneris, who has bought her 
freedom of Venus, ll. e. has paid a sum of 
money in order to be freed from certain ser¬ 
vices to that goddess, or certain expenses 
attending her worship, to which she would 
otherwise have been subjected. -IT The 
dot. and ablat. plur. end properly in is, 
Plin. Ep.; but in Pandect, we have the 
form Libertis libcrtabusque, for the sake 
of distinction.-IT See Libertus, and 
Libertinus. 
HBeRTaS (liber, a, um), atis, f. liberty, 
freedom, the condition of a freeman, who is 
his own master, and can do what he will, 
ikvSep'ia. Cic. fluid est enim libertas ? 
poiestas vivendi, ut velis. — More par¬ 
ticularly, freedom from slavery, liberty. 
Cic. Se in iibertatem vindicare, to make 
one’s self free. Pandect. Libertatem ali- 
cui imponere, h. e. dare (for a rod was 
laid by the praetor upon the head of a 
manumitted slave). Especially, free- 
tlrn, liberty, h. e. the free condition of a 
citiicn. of a free state, by which are meant 
the collective rights and privileges such a 
man enjoys, as, of voting in public meet¬ 
ings, upon proposed laws or in the 
choice of magistrates, and so on. Cic. 
Ad usurpandam libertatem vocare, to 
exercise his rights as a freeman, h. e. 
to vote. Liv. Civitatem et libertatem 
eripere, h. e. to take forcibly away the 
citizenship and the rights included therein 
(jus duiritiu in). So, Cic. Libertas mu- 
bens, h. e. the rights and privileges she 
enjoyed us a free Roman woman (jus Qui- 
ritmm). — Of a republic as having no 
luler or king ,freedom, independence. Liv. 
•i' 1. (several times). Cic. Libertatem 
retinere. Quintil. Libertas reipublicre. 
11 Also, freedom, liberty, license, 
Viocer, permission, leave to do something. 
Cic. i'.unc equiti Rom. in plorando non 
st concessa libertas. Id. Prrecidere si- 
m libertatem vivendi. Id. Dat populo 
W litttem, ut, quod velint, faciant. 
With in fin. Propert. Libertas loqui, 
qu® volet ira. — And with the genit. of 
Ai®. Feminre omnium rerum 
leitatem, iinmo licentiam, desiderant. 
re . S0 A ™ ant . °f restraint., indulgence, ex- 
- ss. Cic. Libertas nimia in adolescen- 
‘ T , Also, freedom or boldness of 
] r K *> “(dependence, fearlessness, franlc- 
finis aliquid de libertate 
ei deminutum putat. Justin. Liber- 
i* P® R «. Pendens. Liv. Libertate 
nperantius invectus in regem. - 
vit„,u ) mm fi- n, ty or freedom from a ser- 
l an ,i, } se r»ttus) or tax ; of a house or 
beni ’ f ° r lnstance - Pandect. -1i Li- 
Rnnio’, aS “ f orf dess, Iiad a temple at 
«(rL nf°IV the Aventine mount; the 
Cic °^ r t ,Vi S te,n P le was very large. 
Pimdcct " ^ lUr% kibertates. Plant, and 
® ,( libertin ’ ls ). atis, f. the 
■ FandccL 
•1 which „r ^ (*•*.), n > n - the property 
^rntrnv nT n ° btainS at the deatk °f 
r u “on. Lalpum. declam. 
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LIB 
LiBeRTiNOS (libertU3), a, um, adj. be¬ 
longing to the number and rank of freed- 
men. Plin. plebs. Pandect, conditio. 
Cic. Homo libertinus, or merely, Liberti¬ 
nus, a frecd-man, but only in reference 
to his condition ; for in regard to his 
master, he is called libertus. Horat. Li- 
bertino patre natus, having a freed-man 
for his father. Martial. Libertin® opes. 
Also, Ilorat. Libertina, a freed-woman. 
-IT Writers after the time of Augus¬ 
tus seem sometimes to disregard this dis¬ 
tinction ; but even thougii libertinus be 
placed in opposition to patronus, the re¬ 
ference may be to him as belonging to 
freed-men as a class -IT Sueton. Claud. 
24. says, that in the time of App. Claudi¬ 
us (this was A. U. C. 447), and for some 
time after, not the freed-men themselves, 
but their sons, were called libertini, al¬ 
though freeborn. 
LIBeRTOS (for liberatus), i, m. a frecd- 
man, slave made free, dne\ev6epos ; but 
only in reference to his master (compare 
Libertinus). Tercnt. Feci, e servo ut 
esses libertus mihi. Cic. Libertus ali- 
cujus hominis. 
LIB2T, or LOBiST (unc.), bebat, buit or bi- 
tum est, impers. 2 . it pleases; it is agreea¬ 
ble, Soku, apeoKci, v tcrrl. It is fol¬ 
lowed by the dat. as, mihi, tibi, &c.; but 
is also used without it. Plaut. Cur id 
ausus facere? (B.) lubuit, sc. mihi, it 
suited me. Id Ubicumque libitum erit 
animo meo. Cic. Sin et poterit Nrevius 
id, quod libet, et ei libebit, quod non li¬ 
cet. Id. Sed de republ. non libet plura 
scribere, sc. mihi, I am not disposed. 
Tcrent. Atqui jam dabitur. ( Ba .) ut lu- 
bet, sc. tibi, as you please, as you like. — 
With accus. and in fin. Plaut. Lubet 
scire ex hoc me. — Personally, Sueton. 
Cetera item, qua cuique libuissent, 
dilargitus est. In a similar way. Cic. 
Cui facile persuasi, mihi id non iubere. 
_■—~ IT See, also, Libcns, and Libilus. 
LiBePHRuS, or -5S, i, m. a fountain in 
Thessaly, sacred to the Muses; according 
to some, ire Thrace; to others, ire Bccolia. 
Solin -Called, also, Libethra, a, f. 
Mela. — Hence, Libethrls, Jdls, f. of or 
pertaining to this fountain. Virg. Nym- 
pha Libethrides, the Muses. 
LIBIDINITaS, or LOBIDINI'PaS (libi- 
3 do, or lubido), atis, f. same as Libido. 
Laber. ap. Wore. 
LIBIDKN.5R, or LOBTDINSR (Id.), aris, 
2 dep. I. to indulge or gratify lust. Martial. 
LiBiDINoSe, or LOBIDINoSe (libidino- 
sus), adv. according to one’s pleasure or 
caprice, wilfully, wantonly, from mere 
whim, licentiously, intemperately. Sallust. 
Ubi paulatim licentia crevit, juxta bo- 
nos et malos lubidinose interficiunt. 
Cic. Qua ille libidinose, qua nefarie, 
qua crudeliter fecerit. Liv. Abstineba- 
tur a patribus : in humiliores libidinose, 
crudeliterque consulebatur. Tcrtull. 
Libidinosius savire. 
LIBIDINoSOS, or LOBIDINoSGS (libido, 
or lubido), a, um, adj. doing one’s desire 
and pleasure, capricious, wilful, wanton, 
arbitrary ; also, lustful, libidinous, sensu¬ 
al, licentious, dissolute, luxurious, serv¬ 
ing to gratify the passions, dereXyiis, ds6- 
Xaoroj. Cic. Quid acerbissimas dam- 
nationes, libidinosissimas liberationes 
proferam ? Id. Quos ab inconstantia 
gravitas, a libidinosa sententia certum 
et definitum jus religionum, partial or 
arbitrary. Senec. Fortuna varia et libi¬ 
dinosa, working her own pleasure, ca¬ 
pricious. Colum. Cum nostra retas dapi- 
bus libidinosis pretia constituerit, exqui¬ 
site, dainty, luxurious. Cic. Scitote, ni¬ 
hil isto esse luxuriosius (more prodigal), 
nihil libidinosius (more immoderate in his 
desires). JYep-. Luxuriosus, dissolutus, 
libidinosus, intemperans reperiebatur, 
a profligate, a rake. Cic. Homo flagi- 
tiosissimus, iibidinosissimus, nequissi- 
musque. Horat. caper. Cic. arnor, 
sensual. -IT Also, thirsting after, eager 
for, passionately desirous. Tertull. glorias. 
LIBiD5,or L0BID5 (libet, or lubet), Inis, 
f. desire, inclination, will, longing appe¬ 
tite, passion for any thing, thirst, also, 
pleasure, but chiefly that pleasure which 
comes from the indulgence of an unrea¬ 
sonable or inconsiderate desire, ImQvu't a. 
Cic. Loetitiapnesentium bonorum, libido 
489 
LIB 
futurorum. Id. Iracundia libidinis (de¬ 
sire, appetite) est pars, sic enim defini 
tur jracundia, ulcispendi libido, the de 
sire or appetite for revenge. Id. In li- 
bidine esse. Plin. Quippe non cithar® 
libido ilii major fuit, gb-eatcr passion for. 
dell. Libido urinas lacessit, inclination, 
desire, to discharge, &c. Cic. Suffra- 
gandi nimia libido in non bonis causis. 
Id. Positum est (A. e. it depends upon) 
in aiterius voluntate, ne dicam libidine. 
Id. Ex ea ratione, qure in mentem, aut 
in libidinem venerit, rem administrare, 
A. e. for which one has conceived a desire ; 
which suits his fancy. Id. Ad libidinem 
suam vexare aliquem, just as he pleases, 
to his own content. Id. Ad libidinem 
aliorum judicare, to please others. Id. 
Ipsa declinatio (atomi) ad libidinem 
fingitur, to suit himself gratuitously, with¬ 
out reason, arbitrarily. Liv. Instruitur 
acies ad libidinem (as their humor direct¬ 
ed them) militum forte procurrentium: 
deinde per libidinem (whim, impulse), 
aut metum deserentium locum. Tacit. 
He regibus quidem parere, nisi ex libidi¬ 
ne, soliti, save only when they are in the 
humor. Sallust. Fortuna res ex lubi- 
dine rnagis, quam ex vero celebrat, to 
suit herself, arbitrarily. So, Cic. Libidi¬ 
ne. Also, Plaut. Libido est scire, it 
pleases me, I will. Sallust. Juventus in 
decoris armis lubidinem habejiat, de¬ 
lighted in, sought their enjoyment in. Lu- 
cret. Quod lubido venerit, for cujus. 
— ~ IT Also, immoderate, unrestrained 
desire, caprice, wilfulness, wantonness, 
when one desires simply because he 
desires. Cic. Libido judicurn, wanton¬ 
ness, depraved desire of doing injustice, 
readiness to acquit or condemn, as one 
may happen to feel, recklessness. Plin. 
Quajdam artis libido, a certain wayward¬ 
ness of art, depraved fondness for the 
marvellous. — Hence, Libidines, desires, 
h. e. bad desires, evil propensities, lusts. 
Cic. -IT Also, desire or passion for the 
other sex, for instance, desire, love. Te- 
rent. — And, particularly, evil concupis¬ 
cence, criminal appetite, sensuality, de¬ 
bauchery. Cic. and Liv. (In the ‘times 
of the emperors used in opposition to 
impudicitia, as relating to a different 
class of offences.) — Hence, Libidines, 
obscene representations in painting or 
sculpture. Plin. — Also, of beasts. 
Plaut. 
LiP.ITiNX (unc.), re, f. the goddess of 
coipses, h. e. a goddess, in whose temple 
every thing appertaining to the burial of 
the dead was sold or let, and where under¬ 
takers, &c. were procured ; where, also, a 
register of the dead was kept. Hence, 
Sueton. Triginta funerum millia in ra- 
tionem Libitinte venerunt, were entered 
upon the register of Libitina ; were record¬ 
ed. Horat. Qurestus Libitinre acerbre. 
— Hence, the whole supply of things and 
persons appertaining to the burial of the 
dead. Liv. Pestilentia tanta erat, ut 
Libitina vix sufliceret, that all the dead 
■ were buried with difficulty ; literally, that 
Libitina was hardly equal to her office. 
— Also, a bier, or funeral pile. Martial. 
Arsura libitina. Plin. Arma et iibiti- 
na, A. e. on which slain gladiators were 
carried out to burial. — Also, the business 
of an undertaker or sexton. Val. Max. 
Libitinam exercere. — By metonymy, 
death. Horat. and Juvenal. — Libiti¬ 
nre (or, perhaps, Libitini) seems to be 
used by Petron. for men of ill omen. 
LfBITINARroS (Libitina), ii, m. areitre- 
2 dertaker. Senec. 
LIBITINeNSIS (Id.), e, adj. Lamprid. 
3 porta, A. e. the gate at an amphitheatre 
by which the bodies of the gladiators who 
had been slain were carried out. 
LIBITOS, or LOBITOS (libet, or lubet), 
2 a, um, adj. pleasing, agreeable, that suits 
one’s inclination. Tcrent. and Cic. Libi¬ 
tum est mihi, it pleases or suits me. Ter¬ 
tull. Facere libita sibi, the things that 
please them. — Hence, substantively, 
Libitum, i, n. one’s will, pleasure, lilcing, 
humor. Tacit. Arripi ad libita Cresa- 
rum. Lb. Sua libita exercebant. 
LIBS (Xd/3a>), as, avi, atum, a. 1 . to pour 
out (a part of the wine, or other liquor, 
or any offering, in honor of the god oi 
gods to whom the sacrifice was made). 
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