liberalis

Latin > English

liberalis liberalis, liberale ADJ :: honorable; courteous, well bred, gentlemanly; liberal; generous

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

lībĕrālis: e, adj. 1. liber,
I of or belonging to freedom, relating to the freeborn condition of a man.
I Lit.: liberalis causa or liberale judicium, a suit concerning a person's freedom, v. Dig. 40, 12, 1 sqq.; Paul. Sent. 5, 1, 1 sqq.: si quisquam hanc liberali caussa manu adsereret, Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 4; cf. 5, 2, 68: manu eas adserat liberali causa, id. Poen. 4, 2, 84: nam ego liberali illam assero causa manu, I formally assert that she is freeborn, Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 40: judicium, Quint. 6, 3, 32: liberale conjugium, a marriage between persons of free condition, Ter. And. 3, 3, 29.—Pleon.: ego te hoc triduom numquam sinam in domo esse, quin ego te liberalem liberem, Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 53.—
II Transf., befitting a freeman, gentlemanly, noble, noble-minded, honorable, ingenuous, gracious, kind (syn.: generosus, ingenuus).
   A In gen.: ingenium, Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 59; id. Ep. 1, 1, 41: artes liberales, befitting a freeman, Cic. Inv. 1, 25, 35; cf.: liberalia studia accipimus, quae Graeci ἐλευθέρια μαθήματα appellant; rhetores continebuntur, grammatici, geometrae, Dig. 50, 13, 1: hae artes, quibus liberales doctrinae atque ingenuae continerentur, geometria, musica, litterarum cognitio et poëtarum, etc., Cic. de Or. 3, 32, 127; cf.: omnis liberalis et digna homine nobili doctrina, id. Ac. 2, 1, 1: de artificiis et quaestibus, qui liberales habendi, qui sordidi sint, id. Off. 1, 42, 150: liberalissima studia, id. Arch. 3, 4; id. Cael. 21 52; id. Rep. 1, 5, 9: spes liberalioris fortunae, of a higher, more respectable station, Liv. 22, 26: responsum, kind, gracious, Cic. Att. 3, 15, 4; so, liberalibus verbis permulceri, Sall. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 871 P.—
   B In partic.
   1    Bountiful, generous, munificent, liberal (syn. munificus): liberales (sunt), qui suis facultatibus aut captos a praedonibus redimunt, aut aes alienum suscipiunt amicorum, etc., Cic. Off. 2, 16, 56: benefici liberalesque, id. Lael. 9, 31; cf.: liberalissimi et beneficentissimi, id. ib. 14, 51: liberalissimus munificentissimusque, id. Rosc. Com. 8, 22: virtus munifica et liberalis, id. Rep. 3, 8, 12: largus, beneficus, liberalis, id. Deiot. 9, 26.—*
   (b)    With gen.: laudis avidi, pecuniae liberales erant, Sall. C. 7, 6.—
   (g)    With in and acc.: in omne genus hominum liberalissimus, Suet. Vesp. 7. —
   b Of things, plentiful, copious, abundant: largum et liberale viaticum, Cic. Fl. 6, 14: potio, Cels. 3, 6: liberalius alimentum, id. 8, 10, 7.—
   2    Noble, engaging, beautiful (ante-class.): illarum altera pulcer est et liberalis, Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 60: lepidā et liberali formast, id. ib. 4, 1, 20; id. Ep. 5, 1, 41; id. Pers. 1, 3, 50: species, id. ib. 4, 3, 76; cf.: liberales dicuntur non solum benigni, sed etiam ingenuae formae homines, Paul. ex Fest. p. 121 Müll.—Hence, adv.: lībĕrālĭter, in a manner befitting a freeman, nobly, ingenuously, kindly, courteously, graciously.
   1    In gen.: homo liberaliter educatus, Cic. Fin. 3, 17, 57: eruditi, id. Tusc. 2, 2, 6: vivere, id. Lael. 23, 86: servire, i. e. properly, Ter. And. 1, 1, 11: respondere, kindly, courteously, Caes. B. G. 4, 18: oratione aliquem prosequi, id. ib. 2, 5.—
   2    In partic., bountifully, profusely, generously, liberally: benigne ac liberaliter, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 85, § 196: large et liberaliter, id. ib. 2, 3, 88, § 204: instructus, Caes. B. C. 3, 61.—Comp.: vivo paulo liberalius, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 6, 3: nec potui accipi liberalius, id. Att. 16, 6, 1: ille (sal) in cibis paulo liberalius aspersus, Quint. 6, 3, 19: ubi liberalius malos odimus, more abundantly, more heartily, Plin. Pan. 68, 7.—Sup.: dotem largiri liberalissime, App. M. 10, p. 250, 13: liberalissime polliceri, Cic. Att. 5, 13, 2.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

lībĕrālis,⁹ e (liber 1),
1 relatif à une personne de condition libre : causa Cic. Fl. 40, affaire où la condition d’h. libre est en jeu [v. Liv. 3, 44 sqq. ]
2 [fig.] qui sied à une personne de condition libre a) [en parl. du physique] noble, gracieux, bienséant : Pl. Mil. 63 ; 963 ; Ter. Hec. 863 ; Phorm. 896 ; Eun. 682 ; b) [en parl. du moral] noble, honorable, généreux, etc. : Ter. Hec. 164 ; Ad. 683 ; [en part.] libéral, bienfaisant : Cic. Leg. 1, 48 ; Off. 2, 56 ; Læl. 31 ; etc. ; in aliquem Cic. Planc. 63, envers qqn ; [avec gén.] pecuniæ liberalis Sall. C. 7, 6, libéral sous le rapport de l’argent ; c) [en parl. de choses] : liberalissima studia Cic. Arch. 4, les plus nobles études ; liberales artes, doctrinæ Cic. Inv. 1, 35 ; de Or. 3, 3, 127 ; Tusc. 2, 27, arts libéraux, belles-lettres ; liberale responsum Cic. Att. 3, 15, 4, réponse généreuse ; liberalior fortuna Liv. 22, 26, une condition plus honorable, plus belle.

Latin > German (Georges)

līberālis, e (1. liber), I) die Freiheit (als Stand) betreffend, causa, Prozeß, in dem es sich um Freiheitsrechte handelte, Cic.: liberali causā asserere alqm manu, in gesetzmäßiger Form behaupten, daß einer frei geboren sei, Ter.: iudicium, in einem Freiheitsprozeß, Quint.: nuptiae, zwischen freigeborenen Menschen, Plaut. – II) einem freigeborenen Menschen geziemend = edel, von edler Art od. Gesinnung, vornehm, anständig, 1) übh.: ingenium, Ter.: mens, Cic.: vir, edeldenkend, Ter.: artes od. doctrinae, Wissenschaften, die sich für einen freigeborenen Menschen schicken (Dichtkunst, Beredsamkeit, Geschichte, Sprachkunde, Philosophie), Cic.: ebenso liberalia, studia, Vell. u. Suet.: liberalissima studia, Cic.: liberalibus studiis praediti, Gelehrte, Tac.: disciplinae liberales, Vell. u. Tac.: liberales litterae, Augustin.: iocus, Cornif. rhet.: fortuna liberalior, Liv.: coniugium, Ter.: liberalior victus, bessere, vornehmere Kost, Liv.: sumptus, Ausgaben, wie sie Ehre u. Anstand erfordern (Ggstz. necessarii), Cic.: largum et liberale viaticum, ein reichliches und anständiges, Cic.: forma virginis, edle Gesichtsbildung, Plaut. u. Ter.: filius liberalis formae, Val. Max.: u. so facies, Ter., species, Plaut.: v. Pers., pulcher est et liberalis, von vornehmem (edlem) Aussehen, Plaut. mil. 64. – 2) insbes.: a) gütig, responsum, Cic.: vo luntas, Cic. – b) freigebig, subst. der Freigebige (Ggstz. avidus, habsüchtig, subst. der Habsüchtige, der Geizhals), v. Pers., Cic. u.a. – im Ggstz. mit folg. Genet., laudis avidi, pecuniae liberales, Sall. Cat. 7, 6. – c) reichlich, potio, Cels.: epulae, Tac.

Latin > Chinese

liberalis, e. adj. :: 兒者
liberalis, e. adj. c. s. :: 自主者。大方。有禮。美者。寛裕。Liberale responsum 誠直答。Liberale conjugium 貴人之婚。Liberale judicium 訟自主。Liberale viaticum 大方之路费。Liberales artes 六兿。Forma honesta et liberalis 甚美。Liberales joci 斯文之玩。