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|lnetxt=libet V IMPERS :: it pleases, is pleasing/agreeable; (w/qui whatever, whichever, no matter)
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>lĭbet</b>: or lŭbet, libuit (lub-) and libitum (lub-) est (in Cic. perh. [[only]] in the [[latter]] form), 2, v. n. and<br /><b>I</b> impers. ([[libeo]], es, etc., as a [[personal]] [[verb]] acc. to Caper ap. Prisc. p. 922 P.) [Sanscr. [[root]] lubh, cupere, desiderare; Gr. [[root]] λιφ-> in [[λίπτω]], λιψ; cf. Goth. liub-s; Germ. lieb, [[dear]]; Lat. līber], it pleases, is [[pleasing]], is [[agreeable]]: mihi, I am disposed, I [[like]], I [[please]], I [[will]].— Constr. [[with]] nom. of a demonstr. or rel. pronoun, [[with]] inf. or a [[subject]]-[[clause]] as [[subject]], or impers. [[without]] a [[subject]], and [[with]] or [[without]] a dat.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Id ([[quod]]) [[libet]] (mihi): [[quod]] [[tibi]] [[lubet]], [[idem]] mihi [[lubet]], Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 138: facite, [[quod]] [[vobis]] [[lubet]], Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 34: cui [[facile]] persuasi, mihi id, [[quod]] rogaret, ne licere [[quidem]], non [[modo]] non [[libere]], Cic. Att. 14, 19, 4; cf.: [[sin]] et poterit [[Naevius]] id [[quod]] [[libet]] et ei libebit [[quod]] non [[licet]], [[quid]] agendum est? id. Quint. 30, 94: quodcumque homini accidit [[libere]], posse retur, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 17: ubi [[peregre]], [[tibi]] [[quod]] libitum fuit, feceris, Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 77.—Once in plur.: [[cetera]] [[item]], quae cuique libuissent, dilargitus est, Suet. Caes. 20.—Without a dat.: rogita [[quod]] [[lubet]], Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 31: faciat [[quod]] [[lubet]], Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 55: [[nihil]] vident, [[nisi]] [[quod]] [[lubet]], id. ib. 4, 1, 30: si [[quid]] [[lubet]], id. Phorm. 5, 7, 88: quae ([[senectus]]) efficeret, ut id non liberet [[quod]] non oporteret, Cic. de Sen. 12, 42: [[illa]] priorum scribendi, quodcumque [[animo]] flagrante liberet, [[simplicitas]], Juv. 1, 152.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With inf. or a [[subject]]-[[clause]], [[with]] or [[without]] a dat.: concedere [[aliquantisper]] [[hinc]] mihi [[intro]] [[lubet]], Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 158: mihi [[lubet]] [[nunc]] venire Pseudolum, id. ib. 4, 5, 3; Ter. And. 5, 5, 2: Qui lubitumst [[illi]] condormiscere? Lu. Oculis, [[opinor]], Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 13: non [[libet]] mihi deplorare vitam, Cic. de Sen. 23, 84: quarum (orationum) alteram non libebat mihi scribere, id. Att. 2, 7, 1: de quo genere libitum est mihi [[paulo]] plura dicere, id. de Or. 2, 85, 348; id. Leg. 2, 27, 69; Ter. And. 1, 5, 28.—Without a dat.: cum [[illuc]] ventum est, [[ire]] [[illinc]] [[lubet]], Enn. ap. Gell. 19, 10, 12 (Trag. v. 258 Vahl.); Ter. And. 4, 5, 21: de C. Gracchi tribunatu [[quid]] exspectem non [[libet]] augurari, Cic. Lael. 12, 41: qui in [[foro]], [[quicum]] colloqui libeat, non habeant, id. Rep. 1, 17, 28: incoharo haec studia, vel non vacabit, vel non libebit, Quint. 1, 12, 12; 10, 1, 13; Ter. Ad. 5, 1, 4: [[ultra]] Sauromatas fugere [[hinc]] [[libet]], Juv. 2, 1: [[libet]] expectare [[quis]] impendat, etc., I should [[like]] to see [[who]], etc., id. 12, 95.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Absol., [[with]] or [[without]] a dat.: ego ibo pro te, si [[tibi]] non [[libet]], Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 10: ubiquomque libitum erit [[animo]] meo, id. As. 1, 1, 97: adi, si [[libet]], id. Pers. 5, 2, 13; Cic. Tusc. 5, 15, 45; Ter. And. 1, 3, 8: [[age]], [[age]], ut [[libet]], id. ib. 2, 1, 10: ut [[libet]], as an [[expression]] of [[assent]], id. Heaut. 4, 4, 16; 4, 5, 32; 5, 1, 61; id. Ad. 2, 2, 38: Ch. Quid in urbe reptas villice? Ol. Lubet, Plaut. Cas. 1, 11; id. Bacch. 5, 2, 79: Pe. Qua [[fiducia]] [[ausus]] ... dicere? Ep. Libuit, Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 33; cf. id. Ps. 1, 3, 114.—Hence,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; lĭbens (lŭbens; LIBES, Inscr. R. N. 2598 Mommsen), entis, P. a., [[that]] does a [[thing]] [[willingly]] or [[with]] [[readiness]], [[willing]], [[with]] [[good]] [[will]], [[with]] [[pleasure]] ([[class]].).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In gen.: studen [[hercle]] audire, nam ted [[ausculto]] [[lubens]], Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 108: Ph. Complectere. An Facio [[lubens]], id. As. 3, 3, 25: ego illud [[vero]] illud feci, ac [[lubens]], Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 43; id. Heaut. 4, 5, 15; id. And. 2, 1, 37: cum totius Italiae [[concursus]] facti illius gloriam [[libens]] agnovisset, Cic. Mil. 14, 38.—Freq. (esp. in Cic.; Cæs. and Quint. do not [[use]] [[libens]] as an adj. at all) in the abl. absol.: me, te, etc., and [[animo]] libente or libenti, [[with]] [[pleasure]], [[gladly]], [[very]] [[willingly]]: [[edepol]] me lubente [[facies]], Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 218: me libente eripies mihi hunc errorem, Cic. Att. 10, 4, 6; id. de Or. 2, 73, 295: libente me [[vero]], id. Rep. 1, 9 fin. Mos. N. cr.: quae (res nostrae) tam libenti senatu laudarentur, id. Att. 1, 14, 3: cum Musis nos delectabimus [[animo]] [[aequo]], [[immo]] [[vero]] [[etiam]] gaudenti ac libenti, id. ib. 2, 4, 2.—Sup.: cunctae praefecturae libentissimis animis eum recipiunt, Caes. B. C. 1, 15, 1: illam porticum redemptores [[statim]] sunt demoliti libentissimis omnibus, Cic. Att. 4, 2, 5: libentissimis Graecis, id. Fam. 13, 65, 1: lubentissimo corde [[atque]] [[animo]], Plaut. Ps. 5, 2, 22: fecit [[animo]] libentissimo [[populus]] Romanus, Cic. Verr. 1, 9, 25.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In partic.: [[libens]] or [[libens]] [[merito]] ([[abbreviated]] L. M.), a [[formula]] used in paying a [[vow]]: Jovi [[lubens]] meritoque [[vitulor]], Plaut. Pers. 2, 3, 1: EX VOTO L. M., Inscr. Orell. 1412: V. S. L. M., i. e. [[votum]] solvit [[libens]] [[merito]], or V. L. S., i. e. [[votum]] [[libens]] solvit, [[very]] freq. in inscriptions. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf., [[glad]], [[happy]], [[joyful]], [[cheerful]], [[merry]] (ante-class.): uti ego illos lubentiores faciam, [[quam]] Lubentia'st, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 2: ego omnes hilaros, lubentes, laetificantes faciam ut fiant, id. Pers. 5, 1, 8: hilarum ac lubentem fac te in gnati nuptiis, Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 38.—Hence, adv.: lĭbenter or lŭbenter, [[willingly]], [[cheerfully]], [[gladly]], [[with]] [[pleasure]], Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4, 4 (Ann. v. 239 Vahl.); id. ap. Non. 15, 12 (Trag. v. 379 ib.): cenare lubenter, [[Cato]], R. R. 156: [[ecastor]] [[frigida]] non lavi [[magis]] lubenter, Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 1: ut homines te [[libenter]] studioseque audiant, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 12, 39; id. Rep. 1, 18, 30: [[libenter]] verbo [[utor]] Catonis, id. ib. 2, 1, 3; id. Lael. 24, 89; id. Rep. 2, 38, 64: ego tuas litteras legi [[libenter]], id. Fam. 3, 5, 1; id. Att. 2, 1, 1: [[libenter]] homines id, [[quod]] volunt, credunt, Caes. B. G. 3, 18.—Comp.: [[ille]] adjurans, [[nusquam]] se [[umquam]] libentius (cenavisse), [[with]] a [[better]] [[appetite]], Cic. Fam. 9, 19, 1; id. Lael. 19, 68: [[nihil]] libentius audiunt, Quint. 7, 1, 63; 8, 2, 11: nil [[umquam]] hac carne libentius [[edit]], Juv. 15, 88.—Sup.: cui ego quibuscumque rebus potero libentissime commodabo, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 275, 18: cum lubentissime edis, Favorin. ap. Gell. 15, 8, 2: libentissime [[dare]], Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 27, § 63; id. Leg. 2, 1, 1; Sen. Ep. 30, 9.— Hence also,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; lĭbĭtus, a, um, P. a.; [[only]] plur. as subst.: lĭbĭta, ōrum, n., lit., the things [[that]] [[please]], one's [[pleasure]], [[will]], [[liking]], [[humor]] (Tacitean): sua [[libita]] exercebant, Tac. A. 6, 1: ad [[libita]] Caesarum, id. ib. 12, 6: ad [[libita]] [[Pallantis]], id. ib. 14, 2.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>lĭbet</b>⁸ <b>(lŭb-)</b>, bŭit et bĭtum [[est]], ēre,<br /><b>1</b> impers., il plaît, il fait plaisir : adde, si [[libet]] Cic. Tusc. 5, 45, ajoute, s’il te plaît ; cum Metrodoro lubebit Cic. Fam. 16, 20, quand il plaira à Métrodore &#124;&#124; [[mihi]], [[tibi]], alicui [[libitum]] [[est]] avec inf., j’ai, tu as, qqn a trouvé bon de : Cic. de Or. 2, 348 ; Tull. 32 ; [[quam]] vellem [[tibi]] dicere... liberet Cic. Br. 248, combien je voudrais qu’il te plût de parler... ; [[quid]] exspectem, [[non]] [[libet]] augurari Cic. Læl. 41, ce que je dois attendre, il ne me plaît pas de le conjecturer, cf. Cic. Rep. 1, 28<br /><b>2</b> intr., [avec pron. sing. n. sujet] : id [[quod]] [[mihi]] [[maxime]] [[libet]] Cic. Fam. 1, 8, 3, ce qui me plaît le [[plus]], cf. Cic. CM 58 ; persuasi id [[mihi]] [[non]] [[libere]] Cic. Att. 14, 19, 4, je lui ai persuadé que cela ne m’agréait pas &#124;&#124; [except<sup>t</sup> pl. n. sujet] : quæ cuique libuissent Suet. Cæs. 20, ce qui plaisait à chacun.||[[mihi]], [[tibi]], alicui [[libitum]] [[est]] avec inf., j’ai, tu as, qqn a trouvé bon de : Cic. de Or. 2, 348 ; Tull. 32 ; [[quam]] vellem [[tibi]] dicere... liberet Cic. Br. 248, combien je voudrais qu’il te plût de parler... ; [[quid]] exspectem, [[non]] [[libet]] augurari Cic. Læl. 41, ce que je dois attendre, il ne me plaît pas de le conjecturer, cf. Cic. Rep. 1, 28<br /><b>2</b> intr., [avec pron. sing. n. sujet] : id [[quod]] [[mihi]] [[maxime]] [[libet]] Cic. Fam. 1, 8, 3, ce qui me plaît le [[plus]], cf. Cic. CM 58 ; persuasi id [[mihi]] [[non]] [[libere]] Cic. Att. 14, 19, 4, je lui ai persuadé que cela ne m’agréait pas||[except<sup>t</sup> pl. n. sujet] : quæ cuique libuissent Suet. Cæs. 20, ce qui plaisait à chacun.
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{{Georges
|georg=libet u. [[lubet]], buit u. bitum est, ēre (zu altind. lúbhyati, er empfindet heftiges [[Verlangen]], gotisch liufs, ahd. liob, [[lieb]]), es [[beliebt]], ist [[gefällig]], [[ich]] (du, er usw.) mag, [[mihi]], [[tibi]] etc. od. absol., poterit id, [[quod]] [[libet]], et ei libebit, [[quod]] [[non]] [[licet]], Cic.: [[quae]] cuique libuissent, Suet.: [[non]] [[libet]] [[mihi]] deplorare vitam, Cic.: [[quae]] [[meo]] [[cumque]] [[animo]] lubitum est facere, Ter. – facite [[quod]] [[libet]], Cic.: [[non]] [[libet]] plura scribere, Cic.: [[lubet]] scire me ex [[hoc]], Plaut. – absol., si [[tibi]] [[non]] [[libet]], Plaut.: [[ubicumque]] [[libitum]] fuerit [[animo]] [[meo]], Plaut. – si [[libet]], Cic.: [[cur]] id [[ausus]] facere? B. lubuit, Plaut.: ut [[libet]], [[nach]] Belieben ([[als]] Ausdr. der [[Zustimmung]]), Ter.
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{{LaZh
|lnztxt=libet, uit ''vel'' itum est, ere. n. imp. 2. :: [[願]]。[[欲]]
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