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|lshtext=<b>lībertīnus</b>: a, um, adj. [[libertus]],<br /><b>I</b> of or belonging to the [[condition]] of a [[freedman]] (opp. [[ingenuus]], of the [[condition]] of a freeborn [[person]]; cf. in the foll. the [[passage]] Tac. A. 15, 57, and under II. A. the [[passage]] from Gai. Inst. 1, 10 and 11): [[homo]] [[liber]], qui se vendidit, [[manumissus]] non ad suum statum revertitur, quo se abdicavit, sed efficitur libertinae condicionis, enters [[into]] the [[condition]] of a [[freedman]], becomes a [[freedman]], Dig. 1, 5, 21: in classem [[mille]] socii navales cives Romani libertini ordinis scribi jussi, Liv. 43, 12, 9; 42, 27, 3 (for [[which]]: navales socii cives Romani, qui servitutem servissent, id. 40, 18, 7); Suet. Gram. 18: [[Atilius]] [[quidam]] libertini generis, Tac. A. 4, 62; 2, 85; Suet. Aug. 44: [[libertinus]] [[homo]], a [[freedman]], Cic. Balb. 11, 28; id. Cat. 3, 6, 14; id. Verr. 2, 1, 47, § 124; cf.: mulieris libertinae [[sermo]], of a [[freedwoman]], Liv. 39, 13, 2: [[libertina]] [[mulier]], Tac. A. 15, 57; Suet. Calig. 16: ut me libertino patre natum, of a [[father]] [[who]] [[was]] a [[freedman]], Hor. S. 1, 6, 6; so, id. ib. 45; 46; id. Ep. 1, 20, 20: sunt [[etiam]] libertini optimates, Cic. Sest. 45, 97: [[miles]], Suet. Aug. 25: [[plebs]], Plin. 14, 4, 5, § 48: [[opes]], Mart. 5, 13, 6: homines libertini ordinis, Gell. 5, 19, 12.—Hence,<br /><b>II</b> Subst.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> lībertīnus, i, m., a [[freedman]] (in [[reference]] to his [[status]] in [[society]] or the [[state]]; [[whereas]] a [[freedman]] [[was]] called [[libertus]] in [[reference]] to the manumitter): qui [[servus]] est, si manumittatur, [[fit]] [[libertinus]], Quint. 5, 10, 60; cf.: [[servus]] cum manumittitur, [[libertinus]]: [[addictus]] recepta libertate [[ingenuus]], id. 7, 3, 27: liberorum hominum alii ingenui sunt, alii libertini. Ingenui sunt, qui [[liberi]] nati sunt: libertini sunt, qui ex justa servitute manumissi sunt, Gai. Inst. 1, §§ 10 and 11; Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 10: sed ita [[pars]] libertinorumst, [[nisi]] patrono qui advorsatust, ni [[illi]] offecit, etc., id. Pers. 5, 2, 57: Ti. [[Gracchus]] libertinos in urbanas [[tribus]] transtulit, Cic. de Or. 1, 9, 38; id. Phil. 3, 6 fin.: libertini centuriati, Liv. 10, 21, 4: libertinis detrahenda est [[auctoritas]], Quint. 11, 1, 88: neminem libertinorum adhibitum ab eo cenae, Suet. Aug. 74: [[primus]] omnium libertinorum scribere' historiam [[orsus]], id. Rhet. 3: quae deberetur cuidam libertino, clienti tuo, id. Caes. 2; cf. id. Claud. 26; Hor. S. 2, 3, 281: [[unde]] Mundior exiret vix [[libertinus]] [[honeste]], id. ib. 2, 7, 12: libertinis nullo jure uti praetextis licebat, Macr. S. 1, 6, 13.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Transf., the [[son]] of a [[freedman]], opp. [[libertus]], the [[freedman]] [[himself]] ([[only]] acc. to a [[statement]] of [[Suetonius]] and of Isidore;<br /> v. the foll.): [[ignarus]], temporibus Appii et [[deinceps]] aliquandiu libertinos dictos non ipsos, qui manumitterentur, sed ingenuos ex his procreatos, Suet. Claud. 24: libertorum filii [[apud]] antiquos libertini appellabantur, [[quasi]] de libertis nati. Nunc [[vero]] [[libertinus]] aut a liberto [[factus]] aut [[possessus]], Isid. Orig. 9, 4, 47: libertinos ab ingenuis adoptari jure posse, Mas. Sab. ap. Gell. 5, 19, 11.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> lībertīna, ae, f., a [[freedwoman]], Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 16: ingenuamne an libertinam? id. ib. 3, 1, 189: amore libertinae [[perinfamis]], Suet. Vit. 2: aulica, id. Oth. 2; Gai. Inst. 3, § 51: tutior [[merx]] est Libertinarum, Hor. S. 1, 2, 48: [[Myrtale]], id. C. 1, 33, 15: [[Phryne]], id. Epod. 14, 15: libertinas ducere, Ulp. Fragm. 13, 1: libertinae quae longa veste uterentur, Macr. S. 1, 6, 13.<br /><b>lībertīnus</b>: i, v. 1. [[libertinus]], II. A.

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|georg=lībertīnus, a, um ([[libertus]]), zu der [[Zahl]] und dem Stande der Freigelassenen [[gehörig]], [[plebs]], Plin.: [[condicio]], ICt. – dah. [[homo]] [[libertinus]] u. subst. bl. lībertīnus, ī, m., der [[Freigelassene]] (in bezug [[auf]] seinen [[Stand]] und seine [[Stellung]] im Staate; vgl. [[libertus]]), [[Komik]]., Cic. u.a.: libertino patre [[ortus]], Liv. epit.: patre libertino humili fortunā [[ortus]], Liv.: [[quid]] est [[enim]] [[eques]] [[Romanus]] [[aut]] [[libertinus]] [[aut]] [[servus]]? Sen. – lībertīna, ae, f., die [[Freigelassene]], Plaut., Hor. u. Suet. – Zur [[Zeit]] [[des]] [[Appius]] Klaudius, 307 v. Chr., u. [[noch]] eine geraume [[Zeit]] [[nachher]] bedeutete [[libertinus]] den [[Sohn]] eines Freigelassenen, und [[erst]] der [[Enkel]] eines Freigelassenen hatte die [[ingenuitas]]. Unter den Kaisern [[aber]] waren Söhne der Freigelassenen [[gleich]] [[ingenui]], und die Freigelassenen [[selbst]] hatten die [[libertinitas]], s. [[Suet]]. Claud. 24, 1.

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