libet

From Proto-Italic *luβēt, from Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ-. 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.

• lubet

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈli.bet/, [ˈlʲɪbɛt̪]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈli.bet/, [ˈliːbet̪]

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.")

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

• libēns
• libenter
• quīlibet
• quōlibet

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈliː.bet/, [ˈlʲiːbɛt̪]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈli.bet/, [ˈliːbet̪]

lībet

1. third-person singular present active subjunctive of lībō

• “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

From Arabic لَبَثَ‎ (labaṯa).

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɪ.bɛt/

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)

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libet m (plural libets)

1. (Jersey, fishing) hoop net