pŏtĭo

intrā, adv. and prep. [contr. from intĕrā; sc. parte], on the inside, within (class. only as a prep.).

Adv. (post-Aug.).

In gen.:

quadraginta per oram, intra centum erunt,

Quint. 1, 10, 43:

pars, quae intra, longior esse debet, quam quae extra,

Cels. 7, 15:

si inciditur, viridis intra caro apparet,

id. 5, 28, 13:

vasa extrinsecus, et intra diligenter picata,

Col. 12, 43, 7.—

Esp.

Of the interior of countries: intra vix jam homines magisque semiferi, Mela, 1, 4, 4.—

Of the interior of a building:

pro rostris aurata aedes... intraque lectus eburneus,

Suet. Caes. 84:

intra forisque,

Petr. 22.—

Of the Mediterranean Sea, Mela, prooem. 2:

abunde orbe terrae extra intra indicato (opp. extra, of the ocean),

Plin. 6, 32, 38, § 205 fin. —

Inwardly, towards the inside (rare): binos interim digitos distinguimus... paulum tamen inferioribus intra spectantibus, Quint. 11, 3, 98.—

Prep. with acc. (placed after its noun:

praeturam intra,

Tac. A. 3, 75, and:

lucem intra,

id. ib. 4, 48), within.

Lit., of place:

intra navim,

Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 75:

intra parietes meos,

Cic. Att. 3, 10:

carceres stare,

Auct. Her. 4, 3: jactum teli, within a javelin ' s throw, Verg. A. 11, 608:

montem Taurum,

Cic. Sest. 27:

locus intra oceanum jam, nullus est, quo non, etc.,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 89:

Apenninum,

Liv. 5, 35:

ea intra se consumunt Arabes,

consume among themselves, in their own country, Plin. 12, 21, 45, § 99: Sy. Devoravi nomen inprudens modo. Ch. Non placet qui amicos intra dentis conclusos habet, behind, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 64; cf.:

inter dentis,

id. ib. 4, 2, 80 Brix.—

Transf.

I. q. in with acc., in, into:

ea intra pectus se penetravit potio,

Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 23:

nosse regiones, intra quas venere,

Cic. de Or. 2, 34:

qui intra fines suos Ariovistum recepissent,

Caes. B. G. 1, 32:

intra moenia compulsus,

Liv. 34, 33.—

Of time, within, during, in the course of, in less than:

intra viginti dies,

Plaut. Curc. 3, 77:

qui intra annos quatuordecim tectum non subiissent,

Caes. B. G. 1, 36:

quae intra decem annos facta sunt,

Cic. Verr. 1, 13, 37 (dub.;

B. and K. inter): intra paucos dies,

Liv. 23, 41; Suet. Caes. 8:

intra breve tempus,

id. Tib. 51; id. Claud. 38:

juventam,

in youth, Tac. A. 2, 71. — With quam ( = postquam):

intra decimum diem quam Pheras venerat,

i. e. before the lapse of ten days after his arrival, Liv. 36, 10, 1; 43, 9, 2; Quint. 1, 12, 9; Suet. Caes. 35 al.—

Trop.

Under, below, i. e. less than, fewer than, within the limits of:

intra centum,

Liv. 1, 43:

epulari intra legem,

i. e. less expensively than the law allows, Cic. Fam. 9, 26, 9:

intra modum,

id. ib. 4, 4, 14:

intra verba desipere,

to betray insanity in words only, Cels. 3, 18:

intra verba peccare,

to transgress in words only, Curt. 7, 1, 25:

intra gloriam fuit facinus,

i. e. was not inglorious, Flor. 1, 3:

intra silentium se tenere,

to keep silence, Plin. Ep. 4, 16:

intra famam sunt scripta,

beneath his reputation, Quint. 11, 3, 8:

intra fortunam,

Prop. 4, 8, 2.—

With acc. of pron., within or among.

Intra se, inwardly, to one ' s self:

meditantes intra semet,

Plin. 10, 42, 59, § 118:

intra se dicere,

Quint. 10, 7, 25:

intra se componere,

id. 11, 3, 2.—

Secretly:

intra vos futura,

shall remain among yourselves, be kept secret, Plin. Ep. 3, 10, 4.

līber, ĕra, ĕrum (old form, loebesum et loebertatem antiqui dicebant liberum et libertatem. Ita Graeci loibên et leibein, Paul. ex Fest. p. 121 Müll.; cf. 2. Liber), adj. [Gr. root liph-, liptô, to desire; cf. Sanscr. lub-dhas, desirous; Lat. libet, libido], that acts according to his own will and pleasure, is his own master; free, unrestricted, unrestrained, unimpeded, unshackled; independent, frank, open, bold (opp. servus, servilis).

In gen.; constr. absol., with ab, the abl., and poet. also with gen.

Absol.:

dictum est ab eruditissimis viris, nisi sapientem liberum esse neminem. Quid est enim libertas? Potestas vivendi ut velis,

Cic. Par. 5, 1, 33:

an ille mihi liber, cui mulier imperat, cui leges imponit, praescribit, jubet, vetat? etc.,

id. ib. 5, 2, 36:

ad scribendi licentiam liber,

id. N. D. 1, 44, 123:

agri immunes ac liberi,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 69, § 166:

integro animo ac libero causam defendere,

unprejudiced, unbiased, id. Sull. 31, 86:

liberi ad causas solutique veniebant,

not under obligations, not bribed, id. Verr. 2, 2, 78 § 192; cf.:

libera lingua,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 2, 9:

cor liberum,

id. Ep. 1, 2, 43:

vocem liberam mittere adversus aliquem,

Liv. 35, 32, 6:

libera verba animi proferre,

Juv. 4, 90: judicium [p. 1057] audientium relinquere integrum ac liberum, Cic. Div. 2, 72, 150:

aliquid respuere ingenuo liberoque fastidio,

id. Brut. 67, 236:

libero tempore, cum soluta nobis est eligendi optio,

id. Fin. 1, 10, 33:

tibi uni vexatio direptioque sociorum impunita fuit ac libera,

id. Cat. 1, 7, 18:

pars quaestionum vaga et libera et late patens,

id. de Or. 2, 16, 67:

liberum arbitrium eis populo Romano permittente,

Liv. 31, 11 fin.; cf. id. 37, 1, 5:

mandata,

full powers, unlimited authority, id. 37, 56; 38, 8:

fenus,

unlimited, id. 35, 7: custodia, free custody (i. e. confinement to a house or to a town), id. 24, 45; Vell. 1, 11, 1;

v. custodia, II.: legatio, v. legatio: suffragia,

the right of voting freely, Juv. 8, 211:

locus,

free from intruders, undisturbed, secure, Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 49; 3, 2, 25; id. Cas. 3, 2, 4: aedes, a free house, free dwelling (assigned to the use of ambassadors of friendly nations during their stay in Rome), Liv. 30, 17 fin.; 35, 23; 42, 6:

lectulus,

i. e. not shared with a wife, Cic. Att. 14, 13, 5: toga ( poet. for virilis toga), a man's (prop. of one who is his own master), Ov. F. 3, 771:

vestis,

id. ib. 3, 777:

libera omnia sibi servare,

to reserve to one's self full liberty, Plin. Ep. 1, 5.— Comp.:

hoc liberiores et solutiores sumus, quod, etc.,

Cic. Ac. 2, 3, 8:

est finitimus oratori poëta, numeris astrictior paulo, verborum licentia liberior,

id. de Or. 1, 16, 70:

liberiores litterae,

id. Att. 1, 13, 1:

amicitia remissior esse debet et liberior et dulcior,

freer, more unrestrained, more cheerful, id. Lael. 18 fin.:

paulo liberior sententia,

Quint. 4, 2, 121:

liberior in utramque partem disputatio,

id. 7, 2, 14:

fusiores liberioresque numeri,

id. 9, 4, 130:

officia liberiora plenioraque,

id. 6, 1, 9:

(flumina) campo recepta Liberioris aquae,

freer, less impeded, Ov. M. 1, 41; cf.:

(Tiberinus) campo liberiore natat,

freer, opener, id. F. 4, 292:

liberiore frui caelo,

freer, opener, id. M. 15, 301.— Sup.:

liberrimum hominum genus, comici veteres tradunt, etc.,

the frankest, most free-spoken, Quint. 12, 2, 22; cf.:

liberrime Lolli,

most frank, most ingenuous, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 1:

indignatio,

id. Epod. 4, 10.—

Free or exempt from, void of; with ab:

Mamertini vacui, expertes, soluti ac liberi fuerunt ab omni sumptu, molestia, munere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 10, § 23; cf.:

(consul) solutus a cupiditatibus, liber a delictis,

id. Agr. 1, 9, 27:

ab observando homine perverso liber,

id. Att. 1, 13, 2:

liber a tali irrisione Socrates, liber Aristo Chius,

id. Ac. 2, 39, 123:

ab omni animi perturbatione liber,

id. Off. 1, 20, 67; id. N. D. 2, 21, 55:

loca abdita et ab arbitris libera,

id. Att. 15, 16, B:

libera a ferro crura,

Ov. P. 1, 6, 32:

animus liber a partibus rei publicae,

Sall. C. 4.—

With abl.:

animus omni liber curā et angore,

free from, without, Cic. Fin. 1, 15:

animus religione,

Liv. 2, 36:

animus cogitationibus aliis,

Quint. 11, 2, 35:

mens omnibus vitiis,

id. 12, 1, 4; cf.:

liberis odio et gratia mentibus,

id. 5, 11, 37:

omni liber metu,

Liv. 7, 34:

liber invidia,

Quint. 12, 11, 7:

equus carcere,

Ov. Am. 2, 9, 20.—

With gen. ( poet.):

liber laborum,

Hor. A. P. 212:

fati gens Lydia,

Verg. A. 10, 154:

curarum,

Luc. 4, 384. — Comp.:

liberior campi,

having a wider space, Stat. S. 4, 2, 24.—

Liberum est, with subject-clause:

quam (opinionem) sequi magis probantibus liberum est,

it is free, permitted, allowable, Quint. 6, 3, 112; Plin. Ep. 1, 8:

dies eligere certos liberum erat,

Plin. 30, 2, 6, § 16.—So in abl. absol.:

libero, quid firmaret mutaretve,

Tac. A. 3, 60.

In partic.

Free, in a social point of view, not a slave (opp. servus;

also to ingenuus): neque vendendam censes quae libera est,

Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 40; cf. id. ib. v. 28:

dis habeo gratiam quom aliquot affuerunt liberae, because slaves were not permitted to testify,

id. And. 4, 4, 32; opp. ingenuus, free-born:

quid ea? ingenuan' an festucā facta e servā liberast?

Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 14:

in jure civili, qui est matre liberā, liber est,

Cic. N. D. 3, 18, 45; id. Caecin. 36, 96:

si neque censu, neque vindictā, nec testamento liber factus est (servus), non est liber,

id. Top. 2, 10:

quae (assentatio) non modo amico, sed ne libero quidem digna est,

of a freeman, id. Lael. 24, 89; Quint. 11, 1, 43:

liberorum hominum alii ingenui sunt, alii libertini,

Gai. Inst. 1, 10; cf. sqq.: ex ancilla et libero jure gentium servus nascitur, id. ib. 1, 82; cf. § 85; Paul. Sent. 2, 24, 1 sqq.—

Free, in a political point of view;

said both of a people not under monarchical rule and of one not in subjection to another people,

Cic. Rep. 1, 32, 48; cf.:

ut ex nimia potentia principum oritur interitus principum, sic hunc nimis liberum populum libertas ipsa servitute afficit,

id. ib. 1, 44, 68:

liber populus,

id. ib. 3, 34, 46:

(Demaratus) vir liber ac fortis,

democratic, republican, fond of liberty, id. ib. 2, 19, 34:

civitates liberae atque immunes,

free from service, Liv. 37, 55:

provinciae civitatesque liberae,

Suet. Vesp. 8:

libera ac foederata oppida,

id. Calig. 3:

Roma patrem patriae Ciceronem libera dixit,

Juv. 8, 244.—

In a bad sense, esp. with reference to sensual pleasure, unbridled, unchecked, unrestrained, licentious:

quam liber harum rerum multarum siet (Juppiter),

Plaut. Am. prol. 105:

adulescens imprudens et liber,

Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 40; cf.:

sit adulescentia liberior,

somewhat freer, Cic. Cael. 18, 42:

amores soluti et liberi,

id. Rep. 4, 4, 4:

consuetudo peccandi,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 76, § 177.—Hence, adv.: lībĕrē, freely, unrestrictedly, without let or hinderance; frankly, openly, boldly:

qui nihil dicit, nihil facit, nihil cogitat denique, nisi libenter ac libere,

Cic. Par. 5, 1, 34:

animus somno relaxatus solute movetur et libere,

id. Div. 2, 48, 100:

respirare,

id. Quint. 11, 39:

constanter et libere (me gessi),

id. Att. 4, 16, 9:

consilium dare,

id. Lael. 13, 44:

aliquid magis accusatorie quam libere dixisse,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 72, § 176:

omnia libere fingimus et impune,

Quint. 6, 1, 43:

ut ingredi libere (oratio), non ut licenter videatur errare,

Cic. Or. 23, 77.— Comp.:

liberius vivendi fuit potestas,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 23:

loqui,

Cic. Planc. 13, 33:

fortius liberiusque defendere,

Quint. 12, 1, 21:

liberius si Dixero quid,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 103:

maledicere,

id. ib. 2, 8, 37:

longius et liberius exseritur digitus,

Quint. 11, 3, 92; cf. id. 11, 3, 97:

ipsaque tellus Omnia liberius, nullo poscente, ferebat,

freely, of itself, spontaneously, Verg. G. 1, 127.

līber, ĕri ( gen. plur. liberūm, Att. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 9; Turp. ap. Non. 495, 26; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 15, § 40; 2, 1, 30, § 77; Tac. A. 2, 38; 3, 25 saep.; cf. Cic. Or. 46, 155;

but also: liberorum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 30, § 76; 2, 5, 42, § 109), m. [1. liber], a child.

Sing. (post-class. and rare):

si quis maximam portionem libero relinquat,

Cod. Just. 3, 28, 33; 5, 9, 8 fin.; Quint. Decl. 2, 8.—

Plur., children (freq.; but in class. Lat. only of children with reference to their parents: pueri = children in general, as younger than adulescentes; cf. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 657 sq.).

Lit.: liberorum genus, Enn. ap. Cic. Or. 46, 155 (Trag. v. 347 Vahl.): liberorum sibi quaesendum gratia, id. ap. Fest. p. 258 Müll. (Trag. v. 161 Vahl.):

cum conjugibus et liberis,

Cic. Att. 8, 2, 3:

eum ex C. Fadii filiā liberos habuisse,

id. ib. 16, 11, 1:

liberos procreare,

id. Tusc. 5, 37, 109:

suscipere liberos,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 69, § 161:

per liberos te precor,

Hor. Epod. 5, 5:

dulces,

id. ib. 2, 40:

parvuli,

Quint. 2, 15, 8;

opp. parentes,

id. 11, 1, 82; 3, 7, 18; 26; 6, 1, 18; 6, 5 al.: mater quae liberos, quasi oculos (amisit), orba est, Sulp. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 182 Müll.: jus trium liberorum, under the emperors, a privilege enjoyed by those who had three legitimate children (it consisted in the permission to fill a public office before one's twenty-fifth year, and in freedom from personal burdens); this privilege was sometimes also bestowed on those who had fewer than three children, or even none at all; also of one child:

non est sine liberis, cui vel unus filius unave filia est,

Dig. 50, 16, 148; Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 6; Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 15; id. Heaut. 1, 1, 99; id. And. 5, 3, 20; Cic. Phil. 1, 1, 2; id. de Imp. Pomp. 12, 33; id. Verr. 2, 1, 15, § 40; ib. 30, § 76 Zumpt; cf. also Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5:

neque ejus legendam filiam (virginem Vestalem)... qui liberos tres haberet,

Gell. 1, 12, 8:

uxores duxerant, ex quibus plerique liberos habebant,

Caes. B. C. 3, 110, 2.—Of grandchildren and great-grandchildren:

liberorum appellatione nepotes et pronepotes ceterique qui ex his descendunt, continentur,

Dig. 50, 16, 220; cf.:

liberi usque ad trinepotem, ultra hos posteriores vocantur,

ib. 38, 10, 10, § 7:

habitus sis in liberum loco,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 15, § 40.—

Esp.

Of sons (opp. daughters):

procreavit liberos septem totidemque filias,

Hyg. Fab. 9.—

Of children in gen. = pueri:

praecepta Chrysippi de liberorum educatione,

Quint. 1, 11, 17; cf.: Catus aut de liberis educandis, the title of a book by Varro, v. Gell. 4, 19, 2; Macr. S. 3, 6, 5.—

Transf., of animals, young:

liberis orbas oves,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 38.—Comically:

quaerunt litterae hae sibi liberos: alia aliam scandit,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 23.

Līber, ĕri (Sabine collat. form, loebasius, acc. to Serv. Verg. G. 1, 7; cf. 1. liber, and libertas init.), m. [Gr. leibô, to pour; loibê, a drink - offering; Lat. libare], an old Italian deity, who presided over planting and fructification; afterwards identified with the Greek Bacchus:

hunc dico Liberum Semelā natum, non eum, quem nostri majores auguste sancteque Liberum cum Cerere et Libera consecraverunt. Sed quod ex nobis natos liberos appellamus, idcirco Cerere nati nominati sunt Liber et Libera: quod in Libera servant, in Libero non item,

Cic. N. D. 2, 24, 62; cf. Serv. Verg. G. 1, 5; Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 19:

tertio (invocabo) Cererem et Liberum, quod horum fructus maxime necessarii ad victum: ab his enim cibus et potio venit e fundo,

Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 5:

Liber et alma Ceres,

Verg. G. 1, 7:

ex aede Liberi,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 57, § 128;

in a pun with 1. liber,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 46; cf. id. Curc. 1, 2, 21; id. Stich. 5, 4, 17; so in a pun with liber, free:

quiaque adeo me complevi flore Liberi, Magis libera uti lingua collibitum est mihi,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 2, 8; cf.:

salve, anime mi, lepos Liberi, ut veteris ego sum cupida, etc.,

id. Curc. 1, 2, 3.— Connected with pater:

sic factum, ut Libero patri repertori vitis hirci immolarentur,

Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 19:

Romulus et Liber pater,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 5:

per vestigia Liberi patris,

Plin. 4, 10, 17, § 39:

patre favente Libero fetis palmitibus,

Col. 3, 21, 3:

Libero patri in monte res divina celebratur,

Macr. S. 1, 18, 4.—

Meton., wine:

illud, quod erat a deo donatum, nomine ipsius dei nuncupabant: ut cum fruges Cererem appellamus, vinum autem Liberum: ex quo illud Terentii (Eun. 4, 5, 6): sine Cerere et Libero friget Venus,

Cic. N. D. 2, 23, 60:

Liberum et Cererem pro vino et pane,

Quint. 8, 6, 24; cf. also Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 4 supra:

sed pressum Calibus ducere Liberum Si gestis, etc.,

Hor. C. 4, 12, 14:

condita cum verax aperit praecordia Liber,

id. S. 1, 4, 89.

lĭber, bri, m. [Gr. lepein, to peel; lepos, lepis; cf. lobos], the inner bark or rind of a tree.

Lit.

In gen.:

obducuntur libro aut cortice trunci,

Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 120:

colligatae libris (arundines),

Varr. R. R. 1, 8, 4:

udoque docent (germen) inolescere libro,

Verg. G. 2, 77:

natam libro et silvestri subere clausam,

id. A. 11, 554; id. E. 10, 67:

quam denso fascia libro,

Juv. 6, 263.—

Esp., because the ancients used the bark or rind of trees to write upon; usually the thin rind of the Egyptian papyrus, on which the books of the Greeks and Romans were usually written (v. Dict. of Antiq. p. 587 sq.):

antea non fuisse chartarum usum. In palmarum foliis primo scriptitatum, dein quarundam arborum libris,

Plin. 13, 11, 21, § 69.—Hence,

Transf.

Paper, parchment, or rolls of any substance used to write upon (cf.:

charta, membrana): quasi quom in libro scribuntur calamo litterae,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 131.—

Most freq. a book, work, treatise:

Demetrii liber de concordia,

Cic. Att. 8, 12, 6:

quas (sententias) hoc libro exposui,

id. Lael. 1, 3; cf. id. ib. 1, 5:

dixi in eo libro, quem de rebus rusticis scripsi,

id. de Sen. 15, 54:

libros pervolutare,

id. Att. 5, 12, 2:

evolvere,

id. Tusc. 1, 11, 24:

volvere,

id. Brut. 87, 298:

legere,

id. Fam. 6, 6, 8:

edere,

id. Fat. 1, 1:

libri confectio,

id. de Sen. 1, 1:

tempus ad libros vacuum,

id. Rep. 1, 9, 14:

cujus (Platonis) in libris,

id. ib. 1, 10, 16:

in Graecorum libris,

id. ib. 2, 11, 21:

librum, si malus est, nequeo laudare,

Juv. 3, 41:

actorum libri,

the official gazette, id. 9, 84; cf. 2, 136; and v. Dict. Antiq. s. v. Acta.—

In partic.

A division of a work a look:

tres libri perfecti sunt de Natura Deorum,

Cic. Div. 2, 1, 3:

hi tres libri (de Officiis),

id. Off. 3, 33, 121:

sermo in novem libros distributus,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 5, 1:

dictum est in libro superiore,

id. Off. 2, 13, 43 [p. 1058] sicut superiore libro continetur, Quint. 11, 1, 1:

versus de libro Ennii annali sexto,

id. 6, 3, 86:

liber primus, secundus, tertius, etc.,

id. 8, 1, 2; 10, 2, 20; 11, 1, 4 al. —Sometimes, in this latter case, liber is omitted:

in T. Livii primo,

Quint. 9, 2, 37:

in tertio de Oratore,

id. 9, 1, 26:

legi tuum nuper quartum de Finibus,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 11, 32.—

In relig. or pub. law lang., a religious book, scriptures; a statute - book, code:

decemviris adire libros jussis,

i. e. the Sibylline books, Liv. 34, 55; 21, 62; 25, 12:

se cum legeret libros, recordatum esse, etc.,

Cic. N. D. 2, 4, 11:

ut in libris est Etruscorum,

id. Div. 2, 23, 50; id. Att. 9, 9, 3:

caerimoniarum,

rituals, Tac. A. 3, 38.—

A list, catalogue, register, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 71, § 167.—

A letter, epistle, Nep. Lys. 4, 2; Plin. Ep. 2, 1, 5.—

A rescript, decree (post-Aug.):

liber principis severus et tamen moderatus,

Plin. Ep. 5, 14, 8.

līber, ĕra, ĕrum (old form, loebesum et loebertatem antiqui dicebant liberum et libertatem. Ita Graeci loibên et leibein, Paul. ex Fest. p. 121 Müll.; cf. 2. Liber), adj. [Gr. root liph-, liptô, to desire; cf. Sanscr. lub-dhas, desirous; Lat. libet, libido], that acts according to his own will and pleasure, is his own master; free, unrestricted, unrestrained, unimpeded, unshackled; independent, frank, open, bold (opp. servus, servilis).

In gen.; constr. absol., with ab, the abl., and poet. also with gen.

Absol.:

dictum est ab eruditissimis viris, nisi sapientem liberum esse neminem. Quid est enim libertas? Potestas vivendi ut velis,

Cic. Par. 5, 1, 33:

an ille mihi liber, cui mulier imperat, cui leges imponit, praescribit, jubet, vetat? etc.,

id. ib. 5, 2, 36:

ad scribendi licentiam liber,

id. N. D. 1, 44, 123:

agri immunes ac liberi,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 69, § 166:

integro animo ac libero causam defendere,

unprejudiced, unbiased, id. Sull. 31, 86:

liberi ad causas solutique veniebant,

not under obligations, not bribed, id. Verr. 2, 2, 78 § 192; cf.:

libera lingua,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 2, 9:

cor liberum,

id. Ep. 1, 2, 43:

vocem liberam mittere adversus aliquem,

Liv. 35, 32, 6:

libera verba animi proferre,

Juv. 4, 90: judicium [p. 1057] audientium relinquere integrum ac liberum, Cic. Div. 2, 72, 150:

aliquid respuere ingenuo liberoque fastidio,

id. Brut. 67, 236:

libero tempore, cum soluta nobis est eligendi optio,

id. Fin. 1, 10, 33:

tibi uni vexatio direptioque sociorum impunita fuit ac libera,

id. Cat. 1, 7, 18:

pars quaestionum vaga et libera et late patens,

id. de Or. 2, 16, 67:

liberum arbitrium eis populo Romano permittente,

Liv. 31, 11 fin.; cf. id. 37, 1, 5:

mandata,

full powers, unlimited authority, id. 37, 56; 38, 8:

fenus,

unlimited, id. 35, 7: custodia, free custody (i. e. confinement to a house or to a town), id. 24, 45; Vell. 1, 11, 1;

v. custodia, II.: legatio, v. legatio: suffragia,

the right of voting freely, Juv. 8, 211:

locus,

free from intruders, undisturbed, secure, Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 49; 3, 2, 25; id. Cas. 3, 2, 4: aedes, a free house, free dwelling (assigned to the use of ambassadors of friendly nations during their stay in Rome), Liv. 30, 17 fin.; 35, 23; 42, 6:

lectulus,

i. e. not shared with a wife, Cic. Att. 14, 13, 5: toga ( poet. for virilis toga), a man's (prop. of one who is his own master), Ov. F. 3, 771:

vestis,

id. ib. 3, 777:

libera omnia sibi servare,

to reserve to one's self full liberty, Plin. Ep. 1, 5.— Comp.:

hoc liberiores et solutiores sumus, quod, etc.,

Cic. Ac. 2, 3, 8:

est finitimus oratori poëta, numeris astrictior paulo, verborum licentia liberior,

id. de Or. 1, 16, 70:

liberiores litterae,

id. Att. 1, 13, 1:

amicitia remissior esse debet et liberior et dulcior,

freer, more unrestrained, more cheerful, id. Lael. 18 fin.:

paulo liberior sententia,

Quint. 4, 2, 121:

liberior in utramque partem disputatio,

id. 7, 2, 14:

fusiores liberioresque numeri,

id. 9, 4, 130:

officia liberiora plenioraque,

id. 6, 1, 9:

(flumina) campo recepta Liberioris aquae,

freer, less impeded, Ov. M. 1, 41; cf.:

(Tiberinus) campo liberiore natat,

freer, opener, id. F. 4, 292:

liberiore frui caelo,

freer, opener, id. M. 15, 301.— Sup.:

liberrimum hominum genus, comici veteres tradunt, etc.,

the frankest, most free-spoken, Quint. 12, 2, 22; cf.:

liberrime Lolli,

most frank, most ingenuous, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 1:

indignatio,

id. Epod. 4, 10.—

Free or exempt from, void of; with ab:

Mamertini vacui, expertes, soluti ac liberi fuerunt ab omni sumptu, molestia, munere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 10, § 23; cf.:

(consul) solutus a cupiditatibus, liber a delictis,

id. Agr. 1, 9, 27:

ab observando homine perverso liber,

id. Att. 1, 13, 2:

liber a tali irrisione Socrates, liber Aristo Chius,

id. Ac. 2, 39, 123:

ab omni animi perturbatione liber,

id. Off. 1, 20, 67; id. N. D. 2, 21, 55:

loca abdita et ab arbitris libera,

id. Att. 15, 16, B:

libera a ferro crura,

Ov. P. 1, 6, 32:

animus liber a partibus rei publicae,

Sall. C. 4.—

With abl.:

animus omni liber curā et angore,

free from, without, Cic. Fin. 1, 15:

animus religione,

Liv. 2, 36:

animus cogitationibus aliis,

Quint. 11, 2, 35:

mens omnibus vitiis,

id. 12, 1, 4; cf.:

liberis odio et gratia mentibus,

id. 5, 11, 37:

omni liber metu,

Liv. 7, 34:

liber invidia,

Quint. 12, 11, 7:

equus carcere,

Ov. Am. 2, 9, 20.—

With gen. ( poet.):

liber laborum,

Hor. A. P. 212:

fati gens Lydia,

Verg. A. 10, 154:

curarum,

Luc. 4, 384. — Comp.:

liberior campi,

having a wider space, Stat. S. 4, 2, 24.—

Liberum est, with subject-clause:

quam (opinionem) sequi magis probantibus liberum est,

it is free, permitted, allowable, Quint. 6, 3, 112; Plin. Ep. 1, 8:

dies eligere certos liberum erat,

Plin. 30, 2, 6, § 16.—So in abl. absol.:

libero, quid firmaret mutaretve,

Tac. A. 3, 60.

In partic.

Free, in a social point of view, not a slave (opp. servus;

also to ingenuus): neque vendendam censes quae libera est,

Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 40; cf. id. ib. v. 28:

dis habeo gratiam quom aliquot affuerunt liberae, because slaves were not permitted to testify,

id. And. 4, 4, 32; opp. ingenuus, free-born:

quid ea? ingenuan' an festucā facta e servā liberast?

Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 14:

in jure civili, qui est matre liberā, liber est,

Cic. N. D. 3, 18, 45; id. Caecin. 36, 96:

si neque censu, neque vindictā, nec testamento liber factus est (servus), non est liber,

id. Top. 2, 10:

quae (assentatio) non modo amico, sed ne libero quidem digna est,

of a freeman, id. Lael. 24, 89; Quint. 11, 1, 43:

liberorum hominum alii ingenui sunt, alii libertini,

Gai. Inst. 1, 10; cf. sqq.: ex ancilla et libero jure gentium servus nascitur, id. ib. 1, 82; cf. § 85; Paul. Sent. 2, 24, 1 sqq.—

Free, in a political point of view;

said both of a people not under monarchical rule and of one not in subjection to another people,

Cic. Rep. 1, 32, 48; cf.:

ut ex nimia potentia principum oritur interitus principum, sic hunc nimis liberum populum libertas ipsa servitute afficit,

id. ib. 1, 44, 68:

liber populus,

id. ib. 3, 34, 46:

(Demaratus) vir liber ac fortis,

democratic, republican, fond of liberty, id. ib. 2, 19, 34:

civitates liberae atque immunes,

free from service, Liv. 37, 55:

provinciae civitatesque liberae,

Suet. Vesp. 8:

libera ac foederata oppida,

id. Calig. 3:

Roma patrem patriae Ciceronem libera dixit,

Juv. 8, 244.—

In a bad sense, esp. with reference to sensual pleasure, unbridled, unchecked, unrestrained, licentious:

quam liber harum rerum multarum siet (Juppiter),

Plaut. Am. prol. 105:

adulescens imprudens et liber,

Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 40; cf.:

sit adulescentia liberior,

somewhat freer, Cic. Cael. 18, 42:

amores soluti et liberi,

id. Rep. 4, 4, 4:

consuetudo peccandi,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 76, § 177.—Hence, adv.: lībĕrē, freely, unrestrictedly, without let or hinderance; frankly, openly, boldly:

qui nihil dicit, nihil facit, nihil cogitat denique, nisi libenter ac libere,

Cic. Par. 5, 1, 34:

animus somno relaxatus solute movetur et libere,

id. Div. 2, 48, 100:

respirare,

id. Quint. 11, 39:

constanter et libere (me gessi),

id. Att. 4, 16, 9:

consilium dare,

id. Lael. 13, 44:

aliquid magis accusatorie quam libere dixisse,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 72, § 176:

omnia libere fingimus et impune,

Quint. 6, 1, 43:

ut ingredi libere (oratio), non ut licenter videatur errare,

Cic. Or. 23, 77.— Comp.:

liberius vivendi fuit potestas,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 23:

loqui,

Cic. Planc. 13, 33:

fortius liberiusque defendere,

Quint. 12, 1, 21:

liberius si Dixero quid,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 103:

maledicere,

id. ib. 2, 8, 37:

longius et liberius exseritur digitus,

Quint. 11, 3, 92; cf. id. 11, 3, 97:

ipsaque tellus Omnia liberius, nullo poscente, ferebat,

freely, of itself, spontaneously, Verg. G. 1, 127.

līber, ĕri ( gen. plur. liberūm, Att. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 9; Turp. ap. Non. 495, 26; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 15, § 40; 2, 1, 30, § 77; Tac. A. 2, 38; 3, 25 saep.; cf. Cic. Or. 46, 155;

but also: liberorum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 30, § 76; 2, 5, 42, § 109), m. [1. liber], a child.

Sing. (post-class. and rare):

si quis maximam portionem libero relinquat,

Cod. Just. 3, 28, 33; 5, 9, 8 fin.; Quint. Decl. 2, 8.—

Plur., children (freq.; but in class. Lat. only of children with reference to their parents: pueri = children in general, as younger than adulescentes; cf. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 657 sq.).

Lit.: liberorum genus, Enn. ap. Cic. Or. 46, 155 (Trag. v. 347 Vahl.): liberorum sibi quaesendum gratia, id. ap. Fest. p. 258 Müll. (Trag. v. 161 Vahl.):

cum conjugibus et liberis,

Cic. Att. 8, 2, 3:

eum ex C. Fadii filiā liberos habuisse,

id. ib. 16, 11, 1:

liberos procreare,

id. Tusc. 5, 37, 109:

suscipere liberos,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 69, § 161:

per liberos te precor,

Hor. Epod. 5, 5:

dulces,

id. ib. 2, 40:

parvuli,

Quint. 2, 15, 8;

opp. parentes,

id. 11, 1, 82; 3, 7, 18; 26; 6, 1, 18; 6, 5 al.: mater quae liberos, quasi oculos (amisit), orba est, Sulp. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 182 Müll.: jus trium liberorum, under the emperors, a privilege enjoyed by those who had three legitimate children (it consisted in the permission to fill a public office before one's twenty-fifth year, and in freedom from personal burdens); this privilege was sometimes also bestowed on those who had fewer than three children, or even none at all; also of one child:

non est sine liberis, cui vel unus filius unave filia est,

Dig. 50, 16, 148; Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 6; Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 15; id. Heaut. 1, 1, 99; id. And. 5, 3, 20; Cic. Phil. 1, 1, 2; id. de Imp. Pomp. 12, 33; id. Verr. 2, 1, 15, § 40; ib. 30, § 76 Zumpt; cf. also Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5:

neque ejus legendam filiam (virginem Vestalem)... qui liberos tres haberet,

Gell. 1, 12, 8:

uxores duxerant, ex quibus plerique liberos habebant,

Caes. B. C. 3, 110, 2.—Of grandchildren and great-grandchildren:

liberorum appellatione nepotes et pronepotes ceterique qui ex his descendunt, continentur,

Dig. 50, 16, 220; cf.:

liberi usque ad trinepotem, ultra hos posteriores vocantur,

ib. 38, 10, 10, § 7:

habitus sis in liberum loco,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 15, § 40.—

Esp.

Of sons (opp. daughters):

procreavit liberos septem totidemque filias,

Hyg. Fab. 9.—

Of children in gen. = pueri:

praecepta Chrysippi de liberorum educatione,

Quint. 1, 11, 17; cf.: Catus aut de liberis educandis, the title of a book by Varro, v. Gell. 4, 19, 2; Macr. S. 3, 6, 5.—

Transf., of animals, young:

liberis orbas oves,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 38.—Comically:

quaerunt litterae hae sibi liberos: alia aliam scandit,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 23.

Līber, ĕri (Sabine collat. form, loebasius, acc. to Serv. Verg. G. 1, 7; cf. 1. liber, and libertas init.), m. [Gr. leibô, to pour; loibê, a drink - offering; Lat. libare], an old Italian deity, who presided over planting and fructification; afterwards identified with the Greek Bacchus:

hunc dico Liberum Semelā natum, non eum, quem nostri majores auguste sancteque Liberum cum Cerere et Libera consecraverunt. Sed quod ex nobis natos liberos appellamus, idcirco Cerere nati nominati sunt Liber et Libera: quod in Libera servant, in Libero non item,

Cic. N. D. 2, 24, 62; cf. Serv. Verg. G. 1, 5; Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 19:

tertio (invocabo) Cererem et Liberum, quod horum fructus maxime necessarii ad victum: ab his enim cibus et potio venit e fundo,

Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 5:

Liber et alma Ceres,

Verg. G. 1, 7:

ex aede Liberi,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 57, § 128;

in a pun with 1. liber,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 46; cf. id. Curc. 1, 2, 21; id. Stich. 5, 4, 17; so in a pun with liber, free:

quiaque adeo me complevi flore Liberi, Magis libera uti lingua collibitum est mihi,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 2, 8; cf.:

salve, anime mi, lepos Liberi, ut veteris ego sum cupida, etc.,

id. Curc. 1, 2, 3.— Connected with pater:

sic factum, ut Libero patri repertori vitis hirci immolarentur,

Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 19:

Romulus et Liber pater,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 5:

per vestigia Liberi patris,

Plin. 4, 10, 17, § 39:

patre favente Libero fetis palmitibus,

Col. 3, 21, 3:

Libero patri in monte res divina celebratur,

Macr. S. 1, 18, 4.—

Meton., wine:

illud, quod erat a deo donatum, nomine ipsius dei nuncupabant: ut cum fruges Cererem appellamus, vinum autem Liberum: ex quo illud Terentii (Eun. 4, 5, 6): sine Cerere et Libero friget Venus,

Cic. N. D. 2, 23, 60:

Liberum et Cererem pro vino et pane,

Quint. 8, 6, 24; cf. also Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 4 supra:

sed pressum Calibus ducere Liberum Si gestis, etc.,

Hor. C. 4, 12, 14:

condita cum verax aperit praecordia Liber,

id. S. 1, 4, 89.

lĭber, bri, m. [Gr. lepein, to peel; lepos, lepis; cf. lobos], the inner bark or rind of a tree.

Lit.

In gen.:

obducuntur libro aut cortice trunci,

Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 120:

colligatae libris (arundines),

Varr. R. R. 1, 8, 4:

udoque docent (germen) inolescere libro,

Verg. G. 2, 77:

natam libro et silvestri subere clausam,

id. A. 11, 554; id. E. 10, 67:

quam denso fascia libro,

Juv. 6, 263.—

Esp., because the ancients used the bark or rind of trees to write upon; usually the thin rind of the Egyptian papyrus, on which the books of the Greeks and Romans were usually written (v. Dict. of Antiq. p. 587 sq.):

antea non fuisse chartarum usum. In palmarum foliis primo scriptitatum, dein quarundam arborum libris,

Plin. 13, 11, 21, § 69.—Hence,

Transf.

Paper, parchment, or rolls of any substance used to write upon (cf.:

charta, membrana): quasi quom in libro scribuntur calamo litterae,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 131.—

Most freq. a book, work, treatise:

Demetrii liber de concordia,

Cic. Att. 8, 12, 6:

quas (sententias) hoc libro exposui,

id. Lael. 1, 3; cf. id. ib. 1, 5:

dixi in eo libro, quem de rebus rusticis scripsi,

id. de Sen. 15, 54:

libros pervolutare,

id. Att. 5, 12, 2:

evolvere,

id. Tusc. 1, 11, 24:

volvere,

id. Brut. 87, 298:

legere,

id. Fam. 6, 6, 8:

edere,

id. Fat. 1, 1:

libri confectio,

id. de Sen. 1, 1:

tempus ad libros vacuum,

id. Rep. 1, 9, 14:

cujus (Platonis) in libris,

id. ib. 1, 10, 16:

in Graecorum libris,

id. ib. 2, 11, 21:

librum, si malus est, nequeo laudare,

Juv. 3, 41:

actorum libri,

the official gazette, id. 9, 84; cf. 2, 136; and v. Dict. Antiq. s. v. Acta.—

In partic.

A division of a work a look:

tres libri perfecti sunt de Natura Deorum,

Cic. Div. 2, 1, 3:

hi tres libri (de Officiis),

id. Off. 3, 33, 121:

sermo in novem libros distributus,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 5, 1:

dictum est in libro superiore,

id. Off. 2, 13, 43 [p. 1058] sicut superiore libro continetur, Quint. 11, 1, 1:

versus de libro Ennii annali sexto,

id. 6, 3, 86:

liber primus, secundus, tertius, etc.,

id. 8, 1, 2; 10, 2, 20; 11, 1, 4 al. —Sometimes, in this latter case, liber is omitted:

in T. Livii primo,

Quint. 9, 2, 37:

in tertio de Oratore,

id. 9, 1, 26:

legi tuum nuper quartum de Finibus,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 11, 32.—

In relig. or pub. law lang., a religious book, scriptures; a statute - book, code:

decemviris adire libros jussis,

i. e. the Sibylline books, Liv. 34, 55; 21, 62; 25, 12:

se cum legeret libros, recordatum esse, etc.,

Cic. N. D. 2, 4, 11:

ut in libris est Etruscorum,

id. Div. 2, 23, 50; id. Att. 9, 9, 3:

caerimoniarum,

rituals, Tac. A. 3, 38.—

A list, catalogue, register, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 71, § 167.—

A letter, epistle, Nep. Lys. 4, 2; Plin. Ep. 2, 1, 5.—

A rescript, decree (post-Aug.):

liber principis severus et tamen moderatus,

Plin. Ep. 5, 14, 8.

lībĕrālis, e, adj. [1. liber], of or belonging to freedom, relating to the freeborn condition of a man.

Lit.: liberalis causa or liberale judicium, a suit concerning a person's freedom, v. Dig. 40, 12, 1 sqq.; Paul. Sent. 5, 1, 1 sqq.:

si quisquam hanc liberali caussa manu adsereret,

Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 4; cf.

5, 2, 68: manu eas adserat liberali causa,

id. Poen. 4, 2, 84:

nam ego liberali illam assero causa manu,

I formally assert that she is freeborn, Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 40:

judicium,

Quint. 6, 3, 32:

liberale conjugium,

a marriage between persons of free condition, Ter. And. 3, 3, 29.—Pleon.:

ego te hoc triduom numquam sinam in domo esse, quin ego te liberalem liberem,

Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 53.—

Transf., befitting a freeman, gentlemanly, noble, noble-minded, honorable, ingenuous, gracious, kind (syn.: generosus, ingenuus).

In gen.:

ingenium,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 59; id. Ep. 1, 1, 41:

artes liberales,

befitting a freeman, Cic. Inv. 1, 25, 35; cf.: liberalia studia accipimus, quae Graeci eleutheria mathêmata appellant;

rhetores continebuntur, grammatici, geometrae,

Dig. 50, 13, 1:

hae artes, quibus liberales doctrinae atque ingenuae continerentur, geometria, musica, litterarum cognitio et poëtarum, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 3, 32, 127; cf.:

omnis liberalis et digna homine nobili doctrina,

id. Ac. 2, 1, 1:

de artificiis et quaestibus, qui liberales habendi, qui sordidi sint,

id. Off. 1, 42, 150:

liberalissima studia,

id. Arch. 3, 4; id. Cael. 21 52; id. Rep. 1, 5, 9:

spes liberalioris fortunae,

of a higher, more respectable station, Liv. 22, 26:

responsum,

kind, gracious, Cic. Att. 3, 15, 4; so, liberalibus verbis permulceri, Sall. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 871 P.—

In partic.

Bountiful, generous, munificent, liberal (syn. munificus):

liberales (sunt), qui suis facultatibus aut captos a praedonibus redimunt, aut aes alienum suscipiunt amicorum, etc.,

Cic. Off. 2, 16, 56:

benefici liberalesque,

id. Lael. 9, 31; cf.:

liberalissimi et beneficentissimi,

id. ib. 14, 51:

liberalissimus munificentissimusque,

id. Rosc. Com. 8, 22:

virtus munifica et liberalis,

id. Rep. 3, 8, 12:

largus, beneficus, liberalis,

id. Deiot. 9, 26.—

With gen.:

laudis avidi, pecuniae liberales erant,

Sall. C. 7, 6.—

With in and acc.:

in omne genus hominum liberalissimus,

Suet. Vesp. 7. —

Of things, plentiful, copious, abundant:

largum et liberale viaticum,

Cic. Fl. 6, 14:

potio,

Cels. 3, 6:

liberalius alimentum,

id. 8, 10, 7.—

Noble, engaging, beautiful (ante-class.):

illarum altera pulcer est et liberalis,

Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 60:

lepidā et liberali formast,

id. ib. 4, 1, 20; id. Ep. 5, 1, 41; id. Pers. 1, 3, 50:

species,

id. ib. 4, 3, 76; cf.: liberales dicuntur non solum benigni, sed etiam ingenuae formae homines, Paul. ex Fest. p. 121 Müll.—Hence, adv.: lībĕrālĭter, in a manner befitting a freeman, nobly, ingenuously, kindly, courteously, graciously.

In gen.:

homo liberaliter educatus,

Cic. Fin. 3, 17, 57:

eruditi,

id. Tusc. 2, 2, 6:

vivere,

id. Lael. 23, 86:

servire,

i. e. properly, Ter. And. 1, 1, 11:

respondere,

kindly, courteously, Caes. B. G. 4, 18:

oratione aliquem prosequi,

id. ib. 2, 5.—

In partic., bountifully, profusely, generously, liberally:

benigne ac liberaliter,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 85, § 196:

large et liberaliter,

id. ib. 2, 3, 88, §

204: instructus,

Caes. B. C. 3, 61.— Comp.:

vivo paulo liberalius,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 6, 3:

nec potui accipi liberalius,

id. Att. 16, 6, 1:

ille (sal) in cibis paulo liberalius aspersus,

Quint. 6, 3, 19:

ubi liberalius malos odimus,

more abundantly, more heartily, Plin. Pan. 68, 7.— Sup.:

dotem largiri liberalissime,

App. M. 10, p. 250, 13:

liberalissime polliceri,

Cic. Att. 5, 13, 2.

Lībĕrālis, e, adj., of or belonging to Liber or Bacchus: ludi, a festival in honor of Bacchus, = Liberalia (v. infra), Naev. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 116 Müll.—Hence, subst.: Lībĕrālĭa, ĭum, n., a festival in honor of Liber, celebrated on the 17 th of March, the day on which youths received the manly toga, Ov. F. 3, 713:

Liberalium dies, a pontificibus agonium martiale appellatur,

Macr. S. 1, 4, § 15:

sacra,

id. ib. 1, 18, § 22; Calend. Maff. ap. Inscr. Orell. II. p. 411:

Liberalia tu accusas,

Cic. Att. 14, 10, 1:

Liberalibus litteras accepi tuas,

id. Fam. 12, 25, 1.—Called also: ludi Liberales: Liberalia Liberi festa, quae apud Graecos dicuntur Dionusia. Libera lingua loquemur ludis Liberalibus, Naev. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 116 Müll.; Com. Rel. v. 113 Rib.

lībĕrālis, e, adj. [1. liber], of or belonging to freedom, relating to the freeborn condition of a man.

Lit.: liberalis causa or liberale judicium, a suit concerning a person's freedom, v. Dig. 40, 12, 1 sqq.; Paul. Sent. 5, 1, 1 sqq.:

si quisquam hanc liberali caussa manu adsereret,

Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 4; cf.

5, 2, 68: manu eas adserat liberali causa,

id. Poen. 4, 2, 84:

nam ego liberali illam assero causa manu,

I formally assert that she is freeborn, Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 40:

judicium,

Quint. 6, 3, 32:

liberale conjugium,

a marriage between persons of free condition, Ter. And. 3, 3, 29.—Pleon.:

ego te hoc triduom numquam sinam in domo esse, quin ego te liberalem liberem,

Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 53.—

Transf., befitting a freeman, gentlemanly, noble, noble-minded, honorable, ingenuous, gracious, kind (syn.: generosus, ingenuus).

In gen.:

ingenium,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 59; id. Ep. 1, 1, 41:

artes liberales,

befitting a freeman, Cic. Inv. 1, 25, 35; cf.: liberalia studia accipimus, quae Graeci eleutheria mathêmata appellant;

rhetores continebuntur, grammatici, geometrae,

Dig. 50, 13, 1:

hae artes, quibus liberales doctrinae atque ingenuae continerentur, geometria, musica, litterarum cognitio et poëtarum, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 3, 32, 127; cf.:

omnis liberalis et digna homine nobili doctrina,

id. Ac. 2, 1, 1:

de artificiis et quaestibus, qui liberales habendi, qui sordidi sint,

id. Off. 1, 42, 150:

liberalissima studia,

id. Arch. 3, 4; id. Cael. 21 52; id. Rep. 1, 5, 9:

spes liberalioris fortunae,

of a higher, more respectable station, Liv. 22, 26:

responsum,

kind, gracious, Cic. Att. 3, 15, 4; so, liberalibus verbis permulceri, Sall. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 871 P.—

In partic.

Bountiful, generous, munificent, liberal (syn. munificus):

liberales (sunt), qui suis facultatibus aut captos a praedonibus redimunt, aut aes alienum suscipiunt amicorum, etc.,

Cic. Off. 2, 16, 56:

benefici liberalesque,

id. Lael. 9, 31; cf.:

liberalissimi et beneficentissimi,

id. ib. 14, 51:

liberalissimus munificentissimusque,

id. Rosc. Com. 8, 22:

virtus munifica et liberalis,

id. Rep. 3, 8, 12:

largus, beneficus, liberalis,

id. Deiot. 9, 26.—

With gen.:

laudis avidi, pecuniae liberales erant,

Sall. C. 7, 6.—

With in and acc.:

in omne genus hominum liberalissimus,

Suet. Vesp. 7. —

Of things, plentiful, copious, abundant:

largum et liberale viaticum,

Cic. Fl. 6, 14:

potio,

Cels. 3, 6:

liberalius alimentum,

id. 8, 10, 7.—

Noble, engaging, beautiful (ante-class.):

illarum altera pulcer est et liberalis,

Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 60:

lepidā et liberali formast,

id. ib. 4, 1, 20; id. Ep. 5, 1, 41; id. Pers. 1, 3, 50:

species,

id. ib. 4, 3, 76; cf.: liberales dicuntur non solum benigni, sed etiam ingenuae formae homines, Paul. ex Fest. p. 121 Müll.—Hence, adv.: lībĕrālĭter, in a manner befitting a freeman, nobly, ingenuously, kindly, courteously, graciously.

In gen.:

homo liberaliter educatus,

Cic. Fin. 3, 17, 57:

eruditi,

id. Tusc. 2, 2, 6:

vivere,

id. Lael. 23, 86:

servire,

i. e. properly, Ter. And. 1, 1, 11:

respondere,

kindly, courteously, Caes. B. G. 4, 18:

oratione aliquem prosequi,

id. ib. 2, 5.—

In partic., bountifully, profusely, generously, liberally:

benigne ac liberaliter,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 85, § 196:

large et liberaliter,

id. ib. 2, 3, 88, §

204: instructus,

Caes. B. C. 3, 61.— Comp.:

vivo paulo liberalius,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 6, 3:

nec potui accipi liberalius,

id. Att. 16, 6, 1:

ille (sal) in cibis paulo liberalius aspersus,

Quint. 6, 3, 19:

ubi liberalius malos odimus,

more abundantly, more heartily, Plin. Pan. 68, 7.— Sup.:

dotem largiri liberalissime,

App. M. 10, p. 250, 13:

liberalissime polliceri,

Cic. Att. 5, 13, 2.

Lībĕrālis, e, adj., of or belonging to Liber or Bacchus: ludi, a festival in honor of Bacchus, = Liberalia (v. infra), Naev. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 116 Müll.—Hence, subst.: Lībĕrālĭa, ĭum, n., a festival in honor of Liber, celebrated on the 17 th of March, the day on which youths received the manly toga, Ov. F. 3, 713:

Liberalium dies, a pontificibus agonium martiale appellatur,

Macr. S. 1, 4, § 15:

sacra,

id. ib. 1, 18, § 22; Calend. Maff. ap. Inscr. Orell. II. p. 411:

Liberalia tu accusas,

Cic. Att. 14, 10, 1:

Liberalibus litteras accepi tuas,

id. Fam. 12, 25, 1.—Called also: ludi Liberales: Liberalia Liberi festa, quae apud Graecos dicuntur Dionusia. Libera lingua loquemur ludis Liberalibus, Naev. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 116 Müll.; Com. Rel. v. 113 Rib.

lībĕrālis, e, adj. [1. liber], of or belonging to freedom, relating to the freeborn condition of a man.

Lit.: liberalis causa or liberale judicium, a suit concerning a person's freedom, v. Dig. 40, 12, 1 sqq.; Paul. Sent. 5, 1, 1 sqq.:

si quisquam hanc liberali caussa manu adsereret,

Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 4; cf.

5, 2, 68: manu eas adserat liberali causa,

id. Poen. 4, 2, 84:

nam ego liberali illam assero causa manu,

I formally assert that she is freeborn, Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 40:

judicium,

Quint. 6, 3, 32:

liberale conjugium,

a marriage between persons of free condition, Ter. And. 3, 3, 29.—Pleon.:

ego te hoc triduom numquam sinam in domo esse, quin ego te liberalem liberem,

Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 53.—

Transf., befitting a freeman, gentlemanly, noble, noble-minded, honorable, ingenuous, gracious, kind (syn.: generosus, ingenuus).

In gen.:

ingenium,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 59; id. Ep. 1, 1, 41:

artes liberales,

befitting a freeman, Cic. Inv. 1, 25, 35; cf.: liberalia studia accipimus, quae Graeci eleutheria mathêmata appellant;

rhetores continebuntur, grammatici, geometrae,

Dig. 50, 13, 1:

hae artes, quibus liberales doctrinae atque ingenuae continerentur, geometria, musica, litterarum cognitio et poëtarum, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 3, 32, 127; cf.:

omnis liberalis et digna homine nobili doctrina,

id. Ac. 2, 1, 1:

de artificiis et quaestibus, qui liberales habendi, qui sordidi sint,

id. Off. 1, 42, 150:

liberalissima studia,

id. Arch. 3, 4; id. Cael. 21 52; id. Rep. 1, 5, 9:

spes liberalioris fortunae,

of a higher, more respectable station, Liv. 22, 26:

responsum,

kind, gracious, Cic. Att. 3, 15, 4; so, liberalibus verbis permulceri, Sall. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 871 P.—

In partic.

Bountiful, generous, munificent, liberal (syn. munificus):

liberales (sunt), qui suis facultatibus aut captos a praedonibus redimunt, aut aes alienum suscipiunt amicorum, etc.,

Cic. Off. 2, 16, 56:

benefici liberalesque,

id. Lael. 9, 31; cf.:

liberalissimi et beneficentissimi,

id. ib. 14, 51:

liberalissimus munificentissimusque,

id. Rosc. Com. 8, 22:

virtus munifica et liberalis,

id. Rep. 3, 8, 12:

largus, beneficus, liberalis,

id. Deiot. 9, 26.—

With gen.:

laudis avidi, pecuniae liberales erant,

Sall. C. 7, 6.—

With in and acc.:

in omne genus hominum liberalissimus,

Suet. Vesp. 7. —

Of things, plentiful, copious, abundant:

largum et liberale viaticum,

Cic. Fl. 6, 14:

potio,

Cels. 3, 6:

liberalius alimentum,

id. 8, 10, 7.—

Noble, engaging, beautiful (ante-class.):

illarum altera pulcer est et liberalis,

Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 60:

lepidā et liberali formast,

id. ib. 4, 1, 20; id. Ep. 5, 1, 41; id. Pers. 1, 3, 50:

species,

id. ib. 4, 3, 76; cf.: liberales dicuntur non solum benigni, sed etiam ingenuae formae homines, Paul. ex Fest. p. 121 Müll.—Hence, adv.: lībĕrālĭter, in a manner befitting a freeman, nobly, ingenuously, kindly, courteously, graciously.

In gen.:

homo liberaliter educatus,

Cic. Fin. 3, 17, 57:

eruditi,

id. Tusc. 2, 2, 6:

vivere,

id. Lael. 23, 86:

servire,

i. e. properly, Ter. And. 1, 1, 11:

respondere,

kindly, courteously, Caes. B. G. 4, 18:

oratione aliquem prosequi,

id. ib. 2, 5.—

In partic., bountifully, profusely, generously, liberally:

benigne ac liberaliter,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 85, § 196:

large et liberaliter,

id. ib. 2, 3, 88, §

204: instructus,

Caes. B. C. 3, 61.— Comp.:

vivo paulo liberalius,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 6, 3:

nec potui accipi liberalius,

id. Att. 16, 6, 1:

ille (sal) in cibis paulo liberalius aspersus,

Quint. 6, 3, 19:

ubi liberalius malos odimus,

more abundantly, more heartily, Plin. Pan. 68, 7.— Sup.:

dotem largiri liberalissime,

App. M. 10, p. 250, 13:

liberalissime polliceri,

Cic. Att. 5, 13, 2.

Lībĕrālis, e, adj., of or belonging to Liber or Bacchus: ludi, a festival in honor of Bacchus, = Liberalia (v. infra), Naev. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 116 Müll.—Hence, subst.: Lībĕrālĭa, ĭum, n., a festival in honor of Liber, celebrated on the 17 th of March, the day on which youths received the manly toga, Ov. F. 3, 713:

Liberalium dies, a pontificibus agonium martiale appellatur,

Macr. S. 1, 4, § 15:

sacra,

id. ib. 1, 18, § 22; Calend. Maff. ap. Inscr. Orell. II. p. 411:

Liberalia tu accusas,

Cic. Att. 14, 10, 1:

Liberalibus litteras accepi tuas,

id. Fam. 12, 25, 1.—Called also: ludi Liberales: Liberalia Liberi festa, quae apud Graecos dicuntur Dionusia. Libera lingua loquemur ludis Liberalibus, Naev. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 116 Müll.; Com. Rel. v. 113 Rib.

mĕdĭco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [1. medicus], to heal, cure ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose for the class. medeor).

Lit.

With acc.:

ego istum lepide medicabo metum,

Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 40:

(apes) odore galbani,

Col. 9, 13, 7:

vulneris aestus,

Sil. 6, 98:

furores,

Nemes. Ecl. 2, 28.—

With dat.:

tremulis membris,

Ser. Samm. 48, 902.—

Transf.

To impart the virtue of a remedy, give healing power to:

hoc fusum labris splendentibus amnem Inficit, occulte medicans,

Verg. A. 12, 418.—

To besprinkle with the juice of herbs, to medicate:

semina,

to steep, Verg. G. 1, 193:

semina omnia suco herbae quae sedum appellatur, medicare,

Col. 11, 30, 40:

exigua portione medicatur aqua,

id. 6, 4, 4; 9, 13, 3:

vinum medicatum,

i. e. spurious, adulterated, id. 1, 6, 20:

merum,

Front. 2, 5, 12:

ficus,

Plin. 16, 27, 51, § 118.

To color, dye, with tingere:

capillos,

Ov. Am. 1, 14, 6.—Hence, mĕdĭcātus, a, um, P. a.

Besprinkled with juices, sprinkled, medicated ( poet. and post-Aug.):

semina suco herbae sedi,

Col. 1, 3:

sedes,

places sprinkled with the juice of herbs, Verg. G. 4, 65: somnus, produced by a juice or a charm, Ov. H. 12, 107:

fruges,

Verg. A. 6, 420:

lana medicata fuco,

stained, dyed, Hor. C. 3, 5, 28:

Amyclaeis medicatum vellus ahenis,

Ov. R. Am. 707.— To poison:

boletum medicatum,

i. e. poisoned, Suet. Claud. 44:

herbae,

Col. 11, 3, 64; cf.:

medicata veneno tela,

Sil. 7, 453:

medicatae cuspidis ictus,

id. 13, 197:

mortui,

embalmed, Mel. 1, 57.—

Useful or good for healing, medicinal:

aquae medicatae,

Sen. Q. N. 3, 25, 9:

sapor aquae,

Plin. Ep. 8, 20, 4:

fontes,

Cels. 4, 5; Sen. Prov. 2, 1; Plin. 2, 93, 95, § 207:

potio,

Curt. 3, 6, 2:

inguen,

Juv. 12, 36.— Comp.:

lac bubulum medicatius,

Plin. 28, 9, 33, § 124.— Sup.:

res medicatissimae,

Plin. 28, 7, 23, § 78.

murrātus (less correctly myrrhā-tus), a, um, adj.

Spiced or mingled with myrrh (post-class.): potio, Paul. ex Fest. p. 158 Müll.:

vinum,

Vulg. Marc. 15, 23.—

Anointed with balsam of myrrh:

Satiapae,

Sid. Ep. 8, 3.

murrĭnus ( murrhĭnus, myrrhĭnus), a, um, adj. [1. murra], of or belonging to myrrh:

odor,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 6:

oleo,

Vulg. Esth. 2, 12.— Subst.: murrĭna, ae, f. (sc. potio), a drink made of good wine, flavored with myrrh and other spices, Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 51; Doss. ap. Plin. 14, 13, 15, § 92; § 93; cf.: murrina, genus potionis quae Graece dicitur nektar, Paul. ex Fest. p. 144 Müll.

murrĭnus ( murrhĭnus, myrrhĭnus), a, um, adj. [3. murra], of or belonging to the stone murra, murrine (postAug.).

Adj.:

trulla,

made of murra, Plin. 37, 2, 7, § 20:

vitrum,

painted in a manner resembling murrine vases, id. 36, 26, 67, § 198.—

Subst.: murrĭna or myrrĭna, ōrum, n. (sc. vasa), vessels of murra, murrine vases, murrines:

murrina et crystallina ex eādem terrā effodimus,

Plin. 33 prooem. § 5; 37, 2, 7, § 18; Juv. 6, 156.

murrĭnus ( murrhĭnus, myrrhĭnus), a, um, adj. [1. murra], of or belonging to myrrh:

odor,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 6:

oleo,

Vulg. Esth. 2, 12.— Subst.: murrĭna, ae, f. (sc. potio), a drink made of good wine, flavored with myrrh and other spices, Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 51; Doss. ap. Plin. 14, 13, 15, § 92; § 93; cf.: murrina, genus potionis quae Graece dicitur nektar, Paul. ex Fest. p. 144 Müll.

murrĭnus ( murrhĭnus, myrrhĭnus), a, um, adj. [3. murra], of or belonging to the stone murra, murrine (postAug.).

Adj.:

trulla,

made of murra, Plin. 37, 2, 7, § 20:

vitrum,

painted in a manner resembling murrine vases, id. 36, 26, 67, § 198.—

Subst.: murrĭna or myrrĭna, ōrum, n. (sc. vasa), vessels of murra, murrine vases, murrines:

murrina et crystallina ex eādem terrā effodimus,

Plin. 33 prooem. § 5; 37, 2, 7, § 18; Juv. 6, 156.

murrĭnus ( murrhĭnus, myrrhĭnus), a, um, adj. [1. murra], of or belonging to myrrh:

odor,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 6:

oleo,

Vulg. Esth. 2, 12.— Subst.: murrĭna, ae, f. (sc. potio), a drink made of good wine, flavored with myrrh and other spices, Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 51; Doss. ap. Plin. 14, 13, 15, § 92; § 93; cf.: murrina, genus potionis quae Graece dicitur nektar, Paul. ex Fest. p. 144 Müll.

murrĭnus ( murrhĭnus, myrrhĭnus), a, um, adj. [3. murra], of or belonging to the stone murra, murrine (postAug.).

Adj.:

trulla,

made of murra, Plin. 37, 2, 7, § 20:

vitrum,

painted in a manner resembling murrine vases, id. 36, 26, 67, § 198.—

Subst.: murrĭna or myrrĭna, ōrum, n. (sc. vasa), vessels of murra, murrine vases, murrines:

murrina et crystallina ex eādem terrā effodimus,

Plin. 33 prooem. § 5; 37, 2, 7, § 18; Juv. 6, 156.

murrātus (less correctly myrrhā-tus), a, um, adj.

Spiced or mingled with myrrh (post-class.): potio, Paul. ex Fest. p. 158 Müll.:

vinum,

Vulg. Marc. 15, 23.—

Anointed with balsam of myrrh:

Satiapae,

Sid. Ep. 8, 3.

murrĭnus ( murrhĭnus, myrrhĭnus), a, um, adj. [1. murra], of or belonging to myrrh:

odor,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 6:

oleo,

Vulg. Esth. 2, 12.— Subst.: murrĭna, ae, f. (sc. potio), a drink made of good wine, flavored with myrrh and other spices, Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 51; Doss. ap. Plin. 14, 13, 15, § 92; § 93; cf.: murrina, genus potionis quae Graece dicitur nektar, Paul. ex Fest. p. 144 Müll.

murrĭnus ( murrhĭnus, myrrhĭnus), a, um, adj. [3. murra], of or belonging to the stone murra, murrine (postAug.).

Adj.:

trulla,

made of murra, Plin. 37, 2, 7, § 20:

vitrum,

painted in a manner resembling murrine vases, id. 36, 26, 67, § 198.—

Subst.: murrĭna or myrrĭna, ōrum, n. (sc. vasa), vessels of murra, murrine vases, murrines:

murrina et crystallina ex eādem terrā effodimus,

Plin. 33 prooem. § 5; 37, 2, 7, § 18; Juv. 6, 156.

pĕnē̆tro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [root pa- of pasco; v. penates].

To put, place, or set any thing into any thing (ante- and post-class.; v. Brix ad Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 109).

Lit.:

penetrare pedem intra aedes,

Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 64; 2, 3, 49: quo illic homo foras se penetrat ex aedibus? to betake one's self, go in any direction, id. Trin. 2, 2, 1:

me ad pluris penetravi,

id. ib. v. 14:

se in fugam,

to take to flight, id. Am. 1, 1, 94:

in eam (specum) me penetro et recondo,

Gell. 5, 14, 18.— To enter, penetrate:

ea intra pectus se penetravit potio,

Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 23.—In the same sense, mid.:

quae penetrata queunt sensum progignere acerbum,

having entered, having penetrated, Lucr. 4, 670; 1246.—

Trop.:

Labeo Antistius in grammaticam sese atque dialecticam litterasque antiquiores altioresque penetraverat,

had penetrated into, Gell. 13, 10, 1.—

Aliquid, to pierce into any thing; to enter, penetrate any thing ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

Lit., Lucr. 4, 894:

(semen) penetrare locos nequit,

id. 4, 1246:

vox aures penetrat,

id. 4, 613:

hominem cum vini vis penetravit Acris,

id. 3, 476:

Illyricos sinus,

Verg. A. 1, 243:

nave Aegyptum,

Suet. Caes. 52:

mediae cryptam Suburrae,

Juv. 5, 106. — Pass.:

ut (India) penitus nequeat penetrari,

Lucr. 2, 539:

penetratae cum victoriā Media, Albania, etc.,

Vell. 2, 40, 1:

penetrata limina montis,

Stat. S. 4, 6, 104:

iter L. Lucullo penetratum,

Tac. A. 15, 27.—

Trop.:

id Tiberii animum altius penetravit,

Tac. A. 1, 69; cf. id. ib. 3, 4.—With subject-clause:

tum penetrabat eos, posse haec, etc.,

it entered their thoughts, it occurred to them, Lucr. 5, 1262.—

Neutr., to enter, penetrate into any place or thing, betake one's self (class.; cf.: pervado, permano).

Lit.:

in palaestram,

Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 32:

sub terras,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 107:

ad os Pelusii,

Curt. 4, 1, 29:

in ipsum portum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 37, § 96:

in castra hostium,

Liv. 2, 12, 3:

in artissimas fauces,

Curt. 5, 3, 17:

ad urbes,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 13, 32:

per angustias,

id. Tusc. 1, 20, 45:

intra vallum,

Liv. 39, 31:

in urbem,

id. 2, 53:

cum eo penetrasset,

thus far, Nep. Chabr. 4:

astra per caelum penetrantia,

Cic. Univ. 9:

penetrat vox ad aures,

Ov. M. 12, 42:

usque ad nares,

Cels. 7, 7.— Impers. pass.:

in eam speluncam penetratum cum signis est,

Liv. 10, 1.—

Trop.:

Romuli animus haec ipsa in templa penetravit,

Cic. Rep. 6, 22, 24:

hominum ratio in caelum usque penetravit,

id. N. D. 2, 61, 163:

nulla res magis penetrat in animos,

id. Brut. 38, 142:

penetrare ad sensum judicis opinionemque,

id. Part. 36:

quo non ars penetrat?

Ov. A. A. 3, 291:

in provincias quoque grammatica penetraverat,

Suet. Gram. 3.