From lubet, from Proto-Italic *luβēt, from Proto-Indo-European stative *lubʰ-eh₁-(ye)-ti, from Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ- (“to love, care for, desire”). Cognate with English love, German lieben, Liebe, Russian любить (ljubitʹ), Sanskrit लुभ्यति (lubhyati).
The unrounding of to is a regular sound change between /l/ and a labial consonant; see also līber (“free”), liber (“book”), and clipeus.
libet (present infinitive libēre, perfect active libuit or libitum est); second conjugation, no passive
Designates pleasure in something desired, while placeō in something recognised as right.
| Conjugation of libet (second conjugation, mostly impersonal, active only) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | — | libet | — | — | — |
| imperfect | — | — | libēbat | — | — | — | |
| future | — | — | libēbit | — | — | — | |
| perfect | — | — | libuit, libitum est |
— | — | — | |
| pluperfect | — | — | libuerat, libitum erat |
— | — | — | |
| future perfect | — | — | libuerit, libitum erit |
— | — | — | |
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | — | libeat | — | — | — |
| imperfect | — | — | libēret | — | — | — | |
| perfect | — | — | libuerit, libitum sit |
— | — | — | |
| pluperfect | — | — | libuisset, libitum esset |
— | — | libuissent | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | libēre | libuisse, libitum esse |
— | — | — | — | |
| participles | libēns | libitum | — | — | — | — | |
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
lībet
| Root |
|---|
| l-b-t |
| 4 terms |
libet (imperfect jilbet, past participle milbut, active participle liebet, verbal noun lbit)
| Conjugation of libet | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
| perfect | m | lbitt | lbitt | libet | lbitna | lbittu | libtu | |
| f | libtet | |||||||
| imperfect | m | nilbet | tilbet | jilbet | nilbtu | tilbtu | jilbtu | |
| f | tilbet | |||||||
| imperative | ilbet | ilbtu | ||||||
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
libet m (plural libets)