libitum
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Perfect active participle of libet (“it is pleasing”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈli.bi.tum/, [ˈlʲɪbɪt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈli.bi.tum/, [ˈliːbit̪um]
Participle
[edit]libitum (indeclinable)
- pleased, having been one's pleasure.
- (substantive) one's pleasure.
Declension
[edit]- Singular and neuter only, except as substantive libita (“one's pleasure”).
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- →⇒ English: ad libitum
- → Italian: libito