Liber

See also: liber, libër, li ber, and Liber.

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ- (“to grow”). Cognates include: Ancient Greek ἐλεύθερος (eleútheros), Sanskrit रोधति (rodhati), German Leute, Russian люди (ljudi, “people”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈliː.ber/, [ˈlʲiːbɛr]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈli.ber/, [ˈliːber]

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Proper noun

Līber m sg (genitive Līberī); second declension

1. (Roman myth) An Italian deity of planting and fruiting; associated with the Roman Bacchus.

Declension

Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).

Case	Singular
Nominative	Līber
Genitive	Līberī
Dative	Līberō
Accusative	Līberum
Ablative	Līberō
Vocative	Līber

References

• “Līber”, in Charlton T[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; Oxford: Clarendon Press.
• “Liber”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Liber in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette