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lībertas (old form, loebertas; v. 1. liber init.), ātis, f. [1. liber], the state or condition of a freeman, a being free, freedom, liberty, freedom from restraint or obligation, [p. 1059] free will, etc.

In gen.:

quid est enim libertas? potestas vivendi, ut velis,

Cic. Par. 5, 1, 34:

ne majorem largiar ei, qui contra dicturus est, libertatem et licentiam,

id. Ac. 2, 10, 30:

praecidere sibi libertatem vivendi,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 1, § 3:

tabella dat populo eam libertatem, ut, quod velint, faciant,

id. Planc. 6, 16:

libertas in ridendo, in plorando,

id. ib. 14, 33:

omnium rerum impunitam libertatem tenere,

id. de Or. 1, 52, 226:

libertas est naturalis facultas ejus quod cuique facere libet, nisi si quid vi aut jure prohibetur,

Just. Inst. 1, 3, 1.—With gen.:

feminae omnium rerum libertatem desiderant,

Liv. 34, 2 fin:

testamentorum,

Quint. 3, 6, 84:

verborum (with licentia figurarum),

id. 10, 1, 28:

dialogorum,

id. 10, 5, 15:

caeli,

the open air, id. 10, 3, 22.— Poet. with inf sit modo libertas, quae velit ira, loqui, Prop. 1, 1, 28:

nec mihi libertas imis freta tollere arenis,

Val. Fl. 1, 601.—

In partic.

Civil freedom, liberty, opp. to slavery:

Scaevae, servo Q. Crotonis, libertas data est,

Cic. Rab. Perd. 11, 31: alicujus libertati parcere, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38 (Ann. v. 206 Vahl.):

omnes homines naturā libertati studere et condicionem servitutis odisse,

Caes. B. G. 3, 10 fin.:

patriam et libertatem perdidi,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 50:

libertas paenulast tergo tuo,

id. Most. 4, 2, 74:

haruspex his promisit libertatem,

id. Poen. 5, 4, 54:

aliquem in libertatem asserere,

Suet. Vit. 10:

petitur puer in libertatem,

id. Rhet. 1:

libertatis condicio,

Ulp. Fragm. 2, 3:

favor libertatis,

Gai. Inst. 1, 21; Paul. Sent. 2, 23, 2:

libertatem dare,

Gai. Inst. 2, 200:

amittere,

id. ib. 1, 160 sq.—

In plur. (anteand post-class.):

tribus non conduci possim libertatibus, Quin, etc.,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 70:

pecunias et libertates servis et ante dono datas,

Tac. A. 15, 55:

in libertatibus dandis,

Gai. Inst. 2, § 228:

libertatium conservandarum causa,

Dig. 38, 1, 13, § 1:

lex (Fufia Caninia) cavet ut libertates servis testamento nominatim dentur,

Ulp. Fragm. 1, 25.—

Trop.:

se in libertatem vindicare,

Cic. de Or. 2, 33, 145; cf.:

in libertatem vindicati,

id. N. D. 1, 20, 56.—

Political freedom, liberty, or independence of a people not under monarchical rule, or not subject to another people (opp. servitus and dominatus):

aut exigendi reges non fuerunt: aut plebi re, non verbo danda libertas,

Cic. Leg. 3, 10 fin.:

aliae nationes servitutem pati possunt: populi Romani est propria libertas,

id. Phil. 6, 7 fin.; cf. id. ib. 3, 11 fin.:

in optimatium dominatu vix particeps libertatis potest esse multitudo,

id. Rep. 1, 27, 43:

et a regum et a patrum dominatione solere in libertatem rem populi vindicari, etc.,

id. ib. 1, 32, 48:

alicui eripere libertatem,

id. ib. 1, 17, 28:

in libertate permanere,

Caes. B. G. 3, 8:

libertatem accipere, recuperare,

id. ib. 7, 1 fin.:

plus communi libertati tribuere,

id. ib. 7, 37:

per dolum ac proditionem prope libertas amissa est,

Liv. 2, 3, 1:

conditor Romanae libertatis,

id. 8, 34.—

The spirit of liberty, consciousness of freedom:

dolor animi, innata libertas, prompta excellensque virtus,

Cic. Sest. 41, 88:

timefacta libertas,

id. Off. 2, 7, 24.—

Freedom of speech or thought, frankness, boldness, candor (mostly post-Aug.):

hoc mihi libertas, hoc pia lingua dedit,

Ov. H. 15, 68:

vera de exitu ejus magna cum libertate ominatus est,

Vell. 2, 71, 2:

quae in aliis libertas est, in aliis licentia vocatur,

Quint. 3, 8, 48:

affectatores libertatis,

id. 6, 2, 16; 10, 1, 94:

antiqua comoedia facundissimae libertatis,

id. 10, 1, 65:

vox honestissimae libertatis,

id. 11, 1, 37:

libertas ingenii,

Sall. J. 30, 3.—

Freedom from taxation, exemption:

aedium,

Dig. 8, 6, 18.—

Personified: Līber-tas, tatis, f., the goddess of Liberty, whose temple on the Aventine Hill was founded by the father of Tiberius Gracchus in the second Punic war; in the atrium of this temple the census-tables were preserved, Ov. F. 4, 624; Liv. 24, 17; 25, 7; 34, 44; 45, 15; Cic. Mil. 22, 59; id. Att. 4, 16, 14; id. N. D. 2, 23, 61. A statue of Libertas was erected by Clodius on the site of Cicero's house after it was pulled down, Cic. Att. 4, 2, 3.

ostento, āvi, ātum ( inf. pass. ostentarier, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 129), 1, v. freq. a. [ostendo], to present to view, to show, exhibit (class.).

In gen.:

alicui jugula sua pro capite alicujus,

to present, offer, Cic. Att. 1, 16, 4:

aliquem,

Verg. A. 12, 479:

campos nitentes,

id. ib. 6, 678:

Sidonias opes,

id. ib. 4, 75:

passum capillum,

Caes. B. G. 7, 48:

liberos,

Suet. Aug. 34: quo res sapsa loco sese ostentat, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 325 Müll. (Ann. v. 372 Vahl.).—

In partic.

To show off with vanity or boastfulness, to display, make a display of, boast of, vaunt:

amorem tibi meum,

Cic. Fam. 10, 3, 4:

quid me ostentem,

why should I make a display of myself? id. ib. 1, 4, 3:

et prae se ferre,

id. Att. 2, 23, 3:

memoriae ostentandae causā,

Auct. Her. 2, 30, 47: clientelas, Dolabell. ap. Cic. Fam. 9, 9, 2:

triumphos suos,

Sall. J. 31, 10:

eum ipsum aliis,

id. ib. 49, 4:

se in aliis rebus,

to exhibit themselves, Cic. Cael. 28, 67:

Ambiorigem ostentant fidei faciundae causā,

Caes. B. G. 5, 41.—

To hold out or up as an example:

desine Tydiden vultuque et murmure nobis Ostentare,

Ov. M. 13, 350.—

To hold out for the purpose of offering or giving; to proffer, promise:

alterā manu fert lapidem, panem ostentat alterā,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 18:

agrum,

Cic. Agr. 2, 28, 78:

praemia,

Sall. J. 66, 1; 89, 1; cf.:

praemia modo, modo formidinem,

id. ib. 23, 1:

praedam,

id. ib. 68, 3.—

To hold out in a threatening manner; to threaten, menace:

caedem, servitutem,

Cic. Fam. 4, 14, 1:

periculum capitis,

id. Clu. 8, 25:

minas,

Liv. 2, 42.—

To show by speech or signs; to indicate, point out, signify, reveal, disclose:

(largitio) verbis ostentari potest, re verā fieri, nisi exhausto aerario, nullo pacto potest,

Cic. Agr. 2, 4, 18:

tibi me istis esse familiarem,

id. Fam. 9, 6, 2:

principem,

to reveal, Plin. Pan. 4, 7.—With rel.-clause: ostentans, quanta eos... invidia maneret showing, declaring, Suet. Caes. 14.