lubet

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English

Noun

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.”

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Verb

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

  1. Alternative form of libet (lubet being the most conservative version)

Conjugation

   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 — — — —

References

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