exempt from taxes

lībĕro, āvi, ātum, 1 (old form of the fut. perf. liberasso, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 66), v. a. [1. liber], to make or set free, to free, liberate (syn. vindico).

Lit., to release from slavery, to free, manumil:

amicas emite, liberate,

Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 22:

liberem ego te?

id. Men. 5, 7, 35:

servos,

Caes. B. C. 3, 9:

sese,

Cic. de Or. 1, 40, 182:

aliquem vindictā liberare,

Plin. Ep. 7, 16, 4.—

Transf.

In gen., to free, release, extricate, deliver (cf. levo) a person or thing from something (an obligation, debt, difficulty, etc.); constr.: aliquem (aliquid) ab aliqua re, with simple abl.; less freq. with gen.

With personal objects.

With ab:

teque item ab eo vindico ac libero,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1:

se a Venere,

to release one's self from one's duty to Venus, id. Div. in Caecil. 17, 53.—

With abl.: divortio te liberabo incommodis, Poët. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 24, 38:

defensionum laboribus senatoriisque muneribus liberatus,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 1, 1:

aliquem culpā,

id. Att. 13, 22, 3:

aliquem invidiā,

id. N. D. 1, 6, 13:

aliquem suspicione crudelitatis,

id. Fam. 1, 2, 3:

aliquem magnā sollicitudine,

id. Att. 6, 1, 10; cf.:

populum metu,

id. Rep. 1, 16, 25:

liberatus omni perturbatione animi,

id. ib. 1, 17, 28:

aliquem periculo,

Caes. B. C. 3, 83:

obsidione,

id. B. G. 4, 19:

se aere alieno,

to pay a debt, Cic. Att. 6, 2, 4.—

With gen.:

aliquem culpae,

Liv. 41, 19:

voti liberari,

id. 5, 28.—

With ex:

multos ex incommodis pecuniā,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 9, § 23.—

With simple acc.:

vectigales multos ac stipendiarios liberavit,

exempted from taxes, Cic. Prov. Cons. 5, 10:

Volusii liberandi, meum fuit consilium,

to release from obligation, id. Fam. 5, 20, 4:

Buthrotios cum Caesar decreto suo liberavisset, viz.,

from a division of their lands, id. Att. 16, 16, C, 11:

amotusque post triumphum abdicatione dictaturae terror et linguam et animos liberaverat hominum,

Liv. 6, 16, 8:

(debitores) capitis deminutione liberantur,

i. e. from debt, Gai. Inst. 3, 84 al. —

With inanim. and abstr. objects:

eum (mundum) ab omni erratione liberavit,

Cic. Univ. 6; cf.

below, at the end of this number: quorum linguae sic inhaererent, ut loqui non possent, eae scalpello resectae liberarentur,

would be set free, id. Div. 2, 46, 96: liberare agros, to free or exempt from taxes, id. Agr. 1, 4, 10:

publica liberare,

id. ib. 2, 21, 57; cf.:

liberari omnia Asiae emporia portusque,

Liv. 32, 33:

liberata vectigalia,

id. 41, 28:

fundum alii obligatum liberare,

Dig. 18, 1, 41:

liberare fidem,

to discharge one's promise, keep one's word, Cic. Fl. 20, 47:

liberare promissa,

to cancel promises, to make them void and of no effect, id. Off. 1, 10, 33:

nomina,

to settle debts, Liv. 7, 21: impensam, to clear or repay expenses, Col. 3, 3.—Of an abstr. object:

divinum animum corpore liberatum cogitatione complecti,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 22, 51.—

In partic.

To absolve or acquit in a court of justice (syn.:

absolvo, solvo): aliquem, opp. condemnare,

Cic. Clu. 22, 60:

aliquem crimine aliquo,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 29, § 71: liberatur Milo, non eo consilio profectus esse, is acquitted of the charge of having undertaken a journey with the design, etc., id. Mil. 18, 47:

reum a judicibus hoc defensionis modo liberari non posse,

Quint. 7, 4, 20.—Very rarely with acc. of the charge:

crimen libidinis confessio intemperantiae liberavit,

Val. Max. 8, 1, 12.—

To clear, i. e. to pass, traverse, cross over a place without hinderance (post - Aug.):

flumen,

Front. Strat. 1, 5, 3; 4, 7, 28; Hyg. Fab. 257:

angustias freti,

Front. Strat. 1, 4, 13:

limen,

Petr. 136.—

Templa liberata, freed from buildings that obstructed the view, i. e. having a free prospect, Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 21.

immūnis ( inm- and archaic in-moenis), e, adj. [in-munus], free or exempt from a public service, burāen, or charge (class.; cf.: expers, exsors).

Lit.:

melius hi quam nos, qui piratas immunes, socios vectigales habemus,

Cic. Off. 3, 11, 49:

quid immunes? hi certe nihil debent,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 21, § 53:

sine foedere immunes civitates ac liberae,

id. ib. 2, 3, 6, § 13; id. Font. 4, 7:

immunis militiā,

Liv. 1, 43, 8:

Ilienses ab omni onere immunes praestitit,

Suet. Claud. 25:

qui agros immunes liberosque arant, i. e.,

free from taxes, tax-free, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 69, § 166; cf. id. Agr. 3, 2, 9:

duo milia jugerum Sexto Clodio rhetori assignasti, et quidem immunia,

Suet. Rhet. 5.—

With gen.:

immunes portoriorum,

Liv. 38, 14:

ceterorum immunes nisi propulsandi hostis,

Tac. A. 1, 36.—

Transf., beyond the polit. and milit. sphere, free or exempt from, that contributes or gives nothing (mostly poet.):

non cnim est inhumana virtus neque immunis neque superba,

inactive, Cic. Lael. 14, 50:

quem scis inmunem Cinarae placuisse rapaci,

who made no presents, without presents, Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 33; id. C. 4, 12, 23:

Enipeus,

Ov. M. 7, 229:

immunisque sedens aliena ad pabula fucus,

doing nothing, idle, Verg. G. 4, 244:

ipsa quoque immunis rastroque intacta,

without compulsion, free, Ov. M. 1, 101.—In a play on the word: Ly. Civi inmuni scin quid cantari solet?... Ph. Verum, gnate mi, is est inmunis, quoi nihil est qui munus fungatur suum, Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 69; 73.—

With gen.:

bos curvi immunis aratri,

Ov. M. 3, 11:

immunes operum,

id. ib. 4, 5.—

Trop., not sharing or partaking in, free from, devoid of, without any thing ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose); constr. with gen., abl., with ab, or absol.

With gen.:

aspicit urbem Immunem tanti belli,

Verg. A. 12, 559:

tanti boni,

Ov. Tr. 4, 2, 62:

mali,

id. M. 8, 691:

necis,

exempt from, id. ib. 9, 253:

caedis manus,

free from, unstained with, id. H. 14, 8:

delictorum paternorum,

Vell. 2, 7:

aequoris Arctos,

not setting in, Ov. M. 13, 293 (an imitation of the Homeric ammoros loetrôn Ôkeanoio, Il. 18, 489); Ov. F. 4, 575.—

With abl.:

animum immunem esse tristitiā,

Sen. Ep. 85:

Cato omnibus humanis vitiis,

Vell. 2, 35, 2:

exercitum immunem tanta calamitate servavit,

id. 2, 120, 3.—

With ab:

immunis ab omnibus arbitris esse,

Vell. 2, 14 fin.:

dentes a dolore,

Plin. 32, 4, 14, § 37. —

Absol.:

immunis aram si tetigit manus,

stainless, pure, Hor. C. 3, 23, 17:

amicum castigare ob meritam noxiam, Inmoenest facinus,

a thankless office, Plaut. Trin. 1, 1, 1; cf.: inmoene, improbum, culpandum, vel interdum munere liberatum, Gloss. Plac. p. 476.

immūnis ( inm- and archaic in-moenis), e, adj. [in-munus], free or exempt from a public service, burāen, or charge (class.; cf.: expers, exsors).

Lit.:

melius hi quam nos, qui piratas immunes, socios vectigales habemus,

Cic. Off. 3, 11, 49:

quid immunes? hi certe nihil debent,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 21, § 53:

sine foedere immunes civitates ac liberae,

id. ib. 2, 3, 6, § 13; id. Font. 4, 7:

immunis militiā,

Liv. 1, 43, 8:

Ilienses ab omni onere immunes praestitit,

Suet. Claud. 25:

qui agros immunes liberosque arant, i. e.,

free from taxes, tax-free, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 69, § 166; cf. id. Agr. 3, 2, 9:

duo milia jugerum Sexto Clodio rhetori assignasti, et quidem immunia,

Suet. Rhet. 5.—

With gen.:

immunes portoriorum,

Liv. 38, 14:

ceterorum immunes nisi propulsandi hostis,

Tac. A. 1, 36.—

Transf., beyond the polit. and milit. sphere, free or exempt from, that contributes or gives nothing (mostly poet.):

non cnim est inhumana virtus neque immunis neque superba,

inactive, Cic. Lael. 14, 50:

quem scis inmunem Cinarae placuisse rapaci,

who made no presents, without presents, Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 33; id. C. 4, 12, 23:

Enipeus,

Ov. M. 7, 229:

immunisque sedens aliena ad pabula fucus,

doing nothing, idle, Verg. G. 4, 244:

ipsa quoque immunis rastroque intacta,

without compulsion, free, Ov. M. 1, 101.—In a play on the word: Ly. Civi inmuni scin quid cantari solet?... Ph. Verum, gnate mi, is est inmunis, quoi nihil est qui munus fungatur suum, Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 69; 73.—

With gen.:

bos curvi immunis aratri,

Ov. M. 3, 11:

immunes operum,

id. ib. 4, 5.—

Trop., not sharing or partaking in, free from, devoid of, without any thing ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose); constr. with gen., abl., with ab, or absol.

With gen.:

aspicit urbem Immunem tanti belli,

Verg. A. 12, 559:

tanti boni,

Ov. Tr. 4, 2, 62:

mali,

id. M. 8, 691:

necis,

exempt from, id. ib. 9, 253:

caedis manus,

free from, unstained with, id. H. 14, 8:

delictorum paternorum,

Vell. 2, 7:

aequoris Arctos,

not setting in, Ov. M. 13, 293 (an imitation of the Homeric ammoros loetrôn Ôkeanoio, Il. 18, 489); Ov. F. 4, 575.—

With abl.:

animum immunem esse tristitiā,

Sen. Ep. 85:

Cato omnibus humanis vitiis,

Vell. 2, 35, 2:

exercitum immunem tanta calamitate servavit,

id. 2, 120, 3.—

With ab:

immunis ab omnibus arbitris esse,

Vell. 2, 14 fin.:

dentes a dolore,

Plin. 32, 4, 14, § 37. —

Absol.:

immunis aram si tetigit manus,

stainless, pure, Hor. C. 3, 23, 17:

amicum castigare ob meritam noxiam, Inmoenest facinus,

a thankless office, Plaut. Trin. 1, 1, 1; cf.: inmoene, improbum, culpandum, vel interdum munere liberatum, Gloss. Plac. p. 476.

immūnis ( inm- and archaic in-moenis), e, adj. [in-munus], free or exempt from a public service, burāen, or charge (class.; cf.: expers, exsors).

Lit.:

melius hi quam nos, qui piratas immunes, socios vectigales habemus,

Cic. Off. 3, 11, 49:

quid immunes? hi certe nihil debent,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 21, § 53:

sine foedere immunes civitates ac liberae,

id. ib. 2, 3, 6, § 13; id. Font. 4, 7:

immunis militiā,

Liv. 1, 43, 8:

Ilienses ab omni onere immunes praestitit,

Suet. Claud. 25:

qui agros immunes liberosque arant, i. e.,

free from taxes, tax-free, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 69, § 166; cf. id. Agr. 3, 2, 9:

duo milia jugerum Sexto Clodio rhetori assignasti, et quidem immunia,

Suet. Rhet. 5.—

With gen.:

immunes portoriorum,

Liv. 38, 14:

ceterorum immunes nisi propulsandi hostis,

Tac. A. 1, 36.—

Transf., beyond the polit. and milit. sphere, free or exempt from, that contributes or gives nothing (mostly poet.):

non cnim est inhumana virtus neque immunis neque superba,

inactive, Cic. Lael. 14, 50:

quem scis inmunem Cinarae placuisse rapaci,

who made no presents, without presents, Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 33; id. C. 4, 12, 23:

Enipeus,

Ov. M. 7, 229:

immunisque sedens aliena ad pabula fucus,

doing nothing, idle, Verg. G. 4, 244:

ipsa quoque immunis rastroque intacta,

without compulsion, free, Ov. M. 1, 101.—In a play on the word: Ly. Civi inmuni scin quid cantari solet?... Ph. Verum, gnate mi, is est inmunis, quoi nihil est qui munus fungatur suum, Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 69; 73.—

With gen.:

bos curvi immunis aratri,

Ov. M. 3, 11:

immunes operum,

id. ib. 4, 5.—

Trop., not sharing or partaking in, free from, devoid of, without any thing ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose); constr. with gen., abl., with ab, or absol.

With gen.:

aspicit urbem Immunem tanti belli,

Verg. A. 12, 559:

tanti boni,

Ov. Tr. 4, 2, 62:

mali,

id. M. 8, 691:

necis,

exempt from, id. ib. 9, 253:

caedis manus,

free from, unstained with, id. H. 14, 8:

delictorum paternorum,

Vell. 2, 7:

aequoris Arctos,

not setting in, Ov. M. 13, 293 (an imitation of the Homeric ammoros loetrôn Ôkeanoio, Il. 18, 489); Ov. F. 4, 575.—

With abl.:

animum immunem esse tristitiā,

Sen. Ep. 85:

Cato omnibus humanis vitiis,

Vell. 2, 35, 2:

exercitum immunem tanta calamitate servavit,

id. 2, 120, 3.—

With ab:

immunis ab omnibus arbitris esse,

Vell. 2, 14 fin.:

dentes a dolore,

Plin. 32, 4, 14, § 37. —

Absol.:

immunis aram si tetigit manus,

stainless, pure, Hor. C. 3, 23, 17:

amicum castigare ob meritam noxiam, Inmoenest facinus,

a thankless office, Plaut. Trin. 1, 1, 1; cf.: inmoene, improbum, culpandum, vel interdum munere liberatum, Gloss. Plac. p. 476.