libito

See also: libîto

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin libitum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈli.bi.to/
  • Rhymes: -ibito
  • Hyphenation: lì‧bi‧to

Noun

libito m (plural libiti)

  1. that which pleases
  2. pleasure, desire, lust, volition
    • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno [The Divine Comedy: Hell], 12th edition (paperback), Le Monnier, published 1994, Canto V, page 75, lines 55–57:
      A vizio di lussuria fu sì rotta, ¶ che libito fé licito in sua legge, ¶ per tòrre il biasmo in che era condotta.
      To sensual vices she [Semiramis] was so abandoned, ¶ that lust she made licit in her law, ¶ to remove the blame to which she had been led.

Further reading

  • libito in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Swazi

Etymology

From li- + -bita + -o.

Noun

líbîto class 5 (plural émábîto class 6)

  1. name

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

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