lubet

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English[edit]

Noun[edit]

lubet

  1. (countable) pleasure.
    Synonyms: delight, joy
    • 1939, Henry Miller, Tropic of Capricorn, Grove Press, published 1962, page 295:
      You must believe me that on this street, neither in the houses which line it, nor the cobblestones which pave it, nor the elevated structure which cuts it atwain, neither in any creature that bears a name and lives thereon, neither in any animal, bird or insect passing through it to slaughter or already slaughtered, is there hope of “lubet,” “sublimate” or “abominate.”

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Italic *luβēō (to desire), from Proto-Indo-European *lubʰ-eh₁-(ye)-ti (stative), from *lewbʰ- (love, care, desire).

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

lubet (present infinitive lubēre, perfect active lubuit or lubitum est); second conjugation, no passive

  1. Alternative form of libet

Conjugation[edit]

   Conjugation of lubet (second conjugation, mostly impersonal, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present lubet
imperfect lubēbat
future lubēbit
perfect lubuit,
lubitum est
pluperfect lubuerat,
lubitum erat
future perfect lubuerit,
lubitum erit
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present lubeat
imperfect lubēret
perfect lubuerit,
lubitum sit
pluperfect lubuisset,
lubitum esset
lubuissent
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives lubēre lubuisse,
lubitum esse
participles lubēns lubitum

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