libenter

Latin

Alternative forms

• lubenter

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin libēns

Proto-Indo-European *-teros?

Latin -ter

Latin libenter

From libēns (“willing, cheerful”) + -ter.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [lɪˈbɛn.tɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [liˈbɛn.ter]

Adverb

libenter (comparative libentius, superlative libentissimē)

1. willingly, eagerly
2. gladly, cheerfully
3. with vigour, with enthusiasm

Related terms

• libēns / lubēns
• Libentīna / Lubentīna
• libet / lubet

References

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