libens

Latin

Alternative forms

• lubēns

Etymology

Present participle of libet (“it is pleasing”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈlɪ.bẽːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈliː.bens]

Adjective

libēns (genitive libentis, comparative libentior, superlative libentissimus, adverb libenter); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. ready, willing, eager

   Synonyms: prōmptus, contentus, intentus, intēnsus, cupidus, studiōsus

   Antonym: invītus

2. with pleasure, with good will
3. glad, cheerful, merry

   Synonyms: alacer, laetus, hilaris, hilarus

   Antonyms: trīstis, infelix, maestus, miser, aeger

4. (Epigraphic Latin) (in votive offerings, often with meritō, abbreviated to L⸱M)
   • Latin Inscriptions, Orelli 4918:

     AESCULAPIO
     ET⸱YGIAE
     DOMINIS
     P(VBLIVS)⸱AELIVS
     PHILETVS
     V(OTVM)⸱S(OLVIT)⸱L(AETVS)⸱L(IBENS)⸱M(ERITO)

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	libēns			libentēs	libentia
genitive	libentis			libentium
dative	libentī			libentibus
accusative	libentem	libēns		libentīs libentēs	libentia
ablative	libentī libente	libentī		libentibus
vocative	libēns			libentēs	libentia

Related terms

• libenter
• Libentīna
• libet
• lubenter

References

• “libens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “libens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “libens”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.