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.")
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

From Arabic لَبَثَ (labaṯa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɪ.bɛt/

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)
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 libet lbitniex lbittux libtux
f libtitx
imperfect m nilbitx tilbitx jilbitx nilbtux tilbtux jilbtux
f tilbitx
imperative tilbitx tilbtux

Norman

Etymology

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Noun

libet m (plural libets)

  1. (Jersey, fishing) hoop net
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