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, 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 libitum est); second conjugation, no passive

  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.")
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Usage notes

Designates pleasure in something desired, while placeō in something recognised as right.

Conjugation
   Conjugation of libet (second conjugation, mostly impersonal, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — — libet — — —
imperfect — — libēbat — — —
future — — libēbit — — —
perfect — — libuit,
libitum est		 — — —
pluperfect — — libuerat,
libitum erat		 — — —
future perfect — — libuerit,
libitum erit		 — — —
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — — libeat — — —
imperfect — — libēret — — —
perfect — — libuerit,
libitum sit		 — — —
pluperfect — — libuisset,
libitum esset		 — — libuissent
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives libēre libuisse,
libitum esse		 — — — —
participles libēns libitum — — — —
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
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

Norman

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

libet m (plural libets)

  1. (Jersey, fishing) hoop net
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