libito

Italian

Etymology

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]
  • Stress: lìbito
  • Hyphenation: li‧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] (paperback), 12th edition, Le Monnier, published 1994, Canto V, lines 55–57, page 75:
      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.

Swazi

Etymology

From li- + -bita + -o.

Noun

líbîto class 5 (plural émábîto class 6)

  1. name

Inflection

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