libertinus
Latin
Etymology
lībertus (“freedman”) + -īnus
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [liː.bɛrˈtiː.nʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [li.berˈt̪iː.nus]
Adjective
lībertīnus (feminine lībertīna, neuter lībertīnum); first/second-declension adjective
- Of or pertaining to the qualities of a freedman
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | lībertīnus | lībertīna | lībertīnum | lībertīnī | lībertīnae | lībertīna | |
| genitive | lībertīnī | lībertīnae | lībertīnī | lībertīnōrum | lībertīnārum | lībertīnōrum | |
| dative | lībertīnō | lībertīnae | lībertīnō | lībertīnīs | |||
| accusative | lībertīnum | lībertīnam | lībertīnum | lībertīnōs | lībertīnās | lībertīna | |
| ablative | lībertīnō | lībertīnā | lībertīnō | lībertīnīs | |||
| vocative | lībertīne | lībertīna | lībertīnum | lībertīnī | lībertīnae | lībertīna | |
Synonyms
Related terms
Descendants
- → Catalan: llibertí
- → English: libertine
- → Italian: libertino
- → Old French: libertin
- → Portuguese: libertino
- → Sicilian: libbirtinu
- → Spanish: libertino
Noun
lībertīnus m (genitive lībertīnī, feminine lībertīna); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | lībertīnus | lībertīnī |
| genitive | lībertīnī | lībertīnōrum |
| dative | lībertīnō | lībertīnīs |
| accusative | lībertīnum | lībertīnōs |
| ablative | lībertīnō | lībertīnīs |
| vocative | lībertīne | lībertīnī |
References
- “libertinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “libertinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- libertinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “libertinus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers