libito

See also: libîto

Italian

Etymology

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From Latin libitum, form of libet (“[it] is pleasing, agreeable”), from Proto-Italic *luβēt (“to desire”), from Proto-Indo-European *lubʰeh₁(ye)- stative form of the root *lewbʰ- (“to love”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈli.bi.to/, [ˈl̺iːbit̪o]
• 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.

Related terms

• libidine

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Swazi

Etymology

From li- +‎ -bita +‎ -o.

Noun

líbîto class 5 (plural émábîto class 6)

1. name

Inflection

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