quam-libet or quam-lubet

lĭbet or lŭbet, libuit (lub-) and libitum (lub-) est (in Cic. perh. only in the latter form), 2, v. n. and impers. (libeo, es, etc., as a personal verb acc. to Caper ap. Prisc. p. 922 P.) [Sanscr. root lubh, cupere, desiderare; Gr. root liph- in liptô, lips; cf. Goth. liub-s; Germ. lieb, dear; Lat. līber], it pleases, is pleasing, is agreeable: mihi, I am disposed, I like, I please, I will.— Constr. with nom. of a demonstr. or rel. pronoun, with inf. or a subject-clause as subject, or impers. without a subject, and with or without a dat.

Id (quod) libet (mihi):

quod tibi lubet, idem mihi lubet,

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 138:

facite, quod vobis lubet,

Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 34:

cui facile persuasi, mihi id, quod rogaret, ne licere quidem, non modo non libere,

Cic. Att. 14, 19, 4; cf.:

sin et poterit Naevius id quod libet et ei libebit quod non licet, quid agendum est?

id. Quint. 30, 94:

quodcumque homini accidit libere, posse retur,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 17:

ubi peregre, tibi quod libitum fuit, feceris,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 77.—Once in plur.:

cetera item, quae cuique libuissent, dilargitus est,

Suet. Caes. 20.—Without a dat.:

rogita quod lubet,

Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 31:

faciat quod lubet,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 55:

nihil vident, nisi quod lubet,

id. ib. 4, 1, 30:

si quid lubet,

id. Phorm. 5, 7, 88:

quae (senectus) efficeret, ut id non liberet quod non oporteret,

Cic. de Sen. 12, 42:

illa priorum scribendi, quodcumque animo flagrante liberet, simplicitas,

Juv. 1, 152.—

With inf. or a subject-clause, with or without a dat.:

concedere aliquantisper hinc mihi intro lubet,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 158:

mihi lubet nunc venire Pseudolum,

id. ib. 4, 5, 3; Ter. And. 5, 5, 2: Qui lubitumst illi condormiscere? Lu. Oculis, opinor, Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 13:

non libet mihi deplorare vitam,

Cic. de Sen. 23, 84:

quarum (orationum) alteram non libebat mihi scribere,

id. Att. 2, 7, 1:

de quo genere libitum est mihi paulo plura dicere,

id. de Or. 2, 85, 348; id. Leg. 2, 27, 69; Ter. And. 1, 5, 28.—Without a dat.: cum illuc ventum est, ire illinc lubet, Enn. ap. Gell. 19, 10, 12 (Trag. v. 258 Vahl.); Ter. And. 4, 5, 21:

de C. Gracchi tribunatu quid exspectem non libet augurari,

Cic. Lael. 12, 41:

qui in foro, quicum colloqui libeat, non habeant,

id. Rep. 1, 17, 28:

incoharo haec studia, vel non vacabit, vel non libebit,

Quint. 1, 12, 12; 10, 1, 13; Ter. Ad. 5, 1, 4:

ultra Sauromatas fugere hinc libet,

Juv. 2, 1: libet expectare quis impendat, etc., I should like to see who, etc., id. 12, 95.—

Absol., with or without a dat.:

ego ibo pro te, si tibi non libet,

Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 10:

ubiquomque libitum erit animo meo,

id. As. 1, 1, 97:

adi, si libet,

id. Pers. 5, 2, 13; Cic. Tusc. 5, 15, 45; Ter. And. 1, 3, 8:

age, age, ut libet,

id. ib. 2, 1, 10:

ut libet, as an expression of assent,

id. Heaut. 4, 4, 16; 4, 5, 32; 5, 1, 61; id. Ad. 2, 2, 38: Ch. Quid in urbe reptas villice? Ol. Lubet, Plaut. Cas. 1, 11; id. Bacch. 5, 2, 79: Pe. Qua fiducia ausus... dicere? Ep. Libuit, Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 33; cf. id. Ps. 1, 3, 114.—Hence,

lĭbens ( lŭbens; LIBES, Inscr. R. N. 2598 Mommsen), entis, P. a., that does a thing willingly or with readiness, willing, with good will, with pleasure (class.).

Lit.

In gen.:

studen hercle audire, nam ted ausculto lubens,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 108: Ph. Complectere. An Facio lubens, id. As. 3, 3, 25:

ego illud vero illud feci, ac lubens,

Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 43; id. Heaut. 4, 5, 15; id. And. 2, 1, 37: cum totius Italiae concursus facti illius gloriam [p. 1060] libens agnovisset, Cic. Mil. 14, 38.—Freq. (esp. in Cic.; Cæs. and Quint. do not use libens as an adj. at all) in the abl. absol.: me, te, etc., and animo libente or libenti, with pleasure, gladly, very willingly:

edepol me lubente facies,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 218:

me libente eripies mihi hunc errorem,

Cic. Att. 10, 4, 6; id. de Or. 2, 73, 295:

libente me vero,

id. Rep. 1, 9 fin. Mos. N. cr.:

quae (res nostrae) tam libenti senatu laudarentur,

id. Att. 1, 14, 3:

cum Musis nos delectabimus animo aequo, immo vero etiam gaudenti ac libenti,

id. ib. 2, 4, 2.— Sup.:

cunctae praefecturae libentissimis animis eum recipiunt,

Caes. B. C. 1, 15, 1:

illam porticum redemptores statim sunt demoliti libentissimis omnibus,

Cic. Att. 4, 2, 5:

libentissimis Graecis,

id. Fam. 13, 65, 1:

lubentissimo corde atque animo,

Plaut. Ps. 5, 2, 22:

fecit animo libentissimo populus Romanus,

Cic. Verr. 1, 9, 25.—

In partic.:

libens or libens merito (abbreviated L. M.), a formula used in paying a vow: Jovi lubens meritoque vitulor,

Plaut. Pers. 2, 3, 1:

EX VOTO L. M.,

Inscr. Orell. 1412: V. S. L. M., i. e. votum solvit libens merito, or V. L. S., i. e. votum libens solvit, very freq. in inscriptions. —

Transf., glad, happy, joyful, cheerful, merry (ante-class.):

uti ego illos lubentiores faciam, quam Lubentia'st,

Plaut. As. 2, 2, 2:

ego omnes hilaros, lubentes, laetificantes faciam ut fiant,

id. Pers. 5, 1, 8:

hilarum ac lubentem fac te in gnati nuptiis,

Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 38.—Hence, adv.: lĭbenter or lŭbenter, willingly, cheerfully, gladly, with pleasure, Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4, 4 (Ann. v. 239 Vahl.); id. ap. Non. 15, 12 (Trag. v. 379 ib.):

cenare lubenter,

Cato, R. R. 156:

ecastor frigida non lavi magis lubenter,

Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 1:

ut homines te libenter studioseque audiant,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 12, 39; id. Rep. 1, 18, 30:

libenter verbo utor Catonis,

id. ib. 2, 1, 3; id. Lael. 24, 89; id. Rep. 2, 38, 64:

ego tuas litteras legi libenter,

id. Fam. 3, 5, 1; id. Att. 2, 1, 1:

libenter homines id, quod volunt, credunt,

Caes. B. G. 3, 18.— Comp.:

ille adjurans, nusquam se umquam libentius (cenavisse),

with a better appetite, Cic. Fam. 9, 19, 1; id. Lael. 19, 68:

nihil libentius audiunt,

Quint. 7, 1, 63; 8, 2, 11:

nil umquam hac carne libentius edit,

Juv. 15, 88.— Sup.: cui ego quibuscumque rebus potero libentissime commodabo, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 275, 18: cum lubentissime edis, Favorin. ap. Gell. 15, 8, 2:

libentissime dare,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 27, § 63; id. Leg. 2, 1, 1; Sen. Ep. 30, 9.— Hence also,

lĭbĭtus, a, um, P. a.; only plur. as subst.: lĭbĭta, ōrum, n., lit., the things that please, one's pleasure, will, liking, humor (Tacitean):

sua libita exercebant,

Tac. A. 6, 1:

ad libita Caesarum,

id. ib. 12, 6:

ad libita Pallantis,

id. ib. 14, 2.

quam-lĭbet ( - lŭbet), adv.

As it pleases, as you ( they, etc.) will, at pleasure:

quamlubet esto unica res,

Lucr. 2, 541:

lambe otio,

Phaedr. 1, 24, 6.—

In gen., how much soever, ever so much, howsoever: quodvis quamlibet tenue munusculum, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 10, 3:

occupat egressas quamlibet ante rates,

Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 5:

infirmae manus,

howsoever weak, id. Am. 1, 7, 66:

quamlibet parum sit,

however inconsiderable it may be, Quint. 1, 1, 18; 1, 12, 5; 5, 13, 56;

12, 1, 29: specularis lapis finditur in quamlibet tenues crustas,

Plin. 36, 22, 45, § 160; 3, 5, 9, § 54; 6, 4, 4, § 13:

hoc pretio quamlibet numerosa subsellia inplentur,

Plin. Ep. 2, 14, 6; 10, 96 (97), 2; id. Pan. 61, 2:

quamlibet pulchra elocutio,

Quint. 2, 4, 32; 12, 8, 7; 8, 6, 4.—

For quamvis, although (post-class.), Sol. 9.

quam-lĭbet ( - lŭbet), adv.

As it pleases, as you ( they, etc.) will, at pleasure:

quamlubet esto unica res,

Lucr. 2, 541:

lambe otio,

Phaedr. 1, 24, 6.—

In gen., how much soever, ever so much, howsoever: quodvis quamlibet tenue munusculum, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 10, 3:

occupat egressas quamlibet ante rates,

Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 5:

infirmae manus,

howsoever weak, id. Am. 1, 7, 66:

quamlibet parum sit,

however inconsiderable it may be, Quint. 1, 1, 18; 1, 12, 5; 5, 13, 56;

12, 1, 29: specularis lapis finditur in quamlibet tenues crustas,

Plin. 36, 22, 45, § 160; 3, 5, 9, § 54; 6, 4, 4, § 13:

hoc pretio quamlibet numerosa subsellia inplentur,

Plin. Ep. 2, 14, 6; 10, 96 (97), 2; id. Pan. 61, 2:

quamlibet pulchra elocutio,

Quint. 2, 4, 32; 12, 8, 7; 8, 6, 4.—

For quamvis, although (post-class.), Sol. 9.

ex-pĕrĭor, pertus ( act. experiero, Varr. L. L. 8, 9, 24 dub.), 4, v. dep. a. [ex- and root per-; Sanscr. par-, pi-parmi, conduct; Gr. peraô, pass through; poros, passage; peira, experience; Lat. porta, portus, peritus, periculum; Germ. fahren, erfahren; Eng. fare, ferry], to try a thing; viz., either by way of testing or of attempting it.

To try, prove, put to the test.

In tempp. praes. constr. with the acc., a rel. clause, or absol.

With acc.:

habuisse aiunt domi (venenum), vimque ejus esse expertum in servo quodam ad eam rem ipsam parato,

Cic. Cael. 24, 58:

taciturnitatem nostram,

id. Brut. 65, 231:

amorem alicujus,

id. Att. 16, 16, C, 1:

his persuaserant, uti eandem belli fortunam experirentur,

Caes. B. G. 2, 16, 3:

judicium discipulorum,

Quint. 2, 5, 12:

in quo totas vires suas eloquentia experiretur,

id. 10, 1, 109:

imperium,

Liv. 2, 59, 4:

cervi cornua ad arbores subinde experientes,

Plin. 8, 32, 50, § 117 et saep.—

With a personal object: vin' me experiri?

make trial of me, Plaut. Merc. 4, 4, 29:

hanc experiamur,

Ter. Hec. 5, 2, 12 Ruhnk.:

tum se denique errasse sentiunt, cum eos (amicos) gravis aliquis casus experiri cogit,

Cic. Lael. 22, 84:

in periclitandis experiendisque pueris,

id. Div. 2, 46, 97.—So with se. reflex., to make trial of one's powers in any thing:

se heroo (versu),

Plin. Ep. 7, 4, 3 [p. 694] variis se studiorum generibus, id. ib. 9, 29, 1:

se in foro,

Quint. 12, 11, 16.—

With a rel.-clause, ut, etc.: vosne velit an me regnare era quidve ferat Fors, Virtute experiamur, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38 (Ann. v. 204, ed. Vahl.):

lubet experiri, quo evasuru'st denique,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 93:

experiri libet, quantum audeatis,

Liv. 25, 38, 11; cf. Nep. Alcib. 1, 1:

in me ipso experior, ut exalbescam, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 1, 26, 121; cf. with si:

expertique simul, si tela artusque sequantur,

Val. Fl. 5, 562.—

Absol.:

experiendo magis quam discendo cognovi,

Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 10:

judicare difficile est sane nisi expertum: experiendum autem est in ipsa amicitia: ita praecurrit amicitia judicium tollitque experiendi potestatem,

id. Lael. 17, 62.—

In the tempp. perf., to have tried, tested, experienced, i. e. to find or know by experience:

benignitatem tuam me experto praedicas,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 18:

omnia quae dico de Plancio, dico expertus in nobis,

Cic. Planc. 9, 22:

experti scire debemus, etc.,

id. Mil. 26, 69:

illud tibi expertus promitto,

id. Fam. 13, 9, 3:

dicam tibi, Catule, non tam doctus, quam, id quod est majus, expertus,

id. de Or. 2, 17, 72:

puellae jam virum expertae,

Hor. C. 3, 14, 11; 4, 4, 3; cf. Quint. 6, 5, 7:

mala captivitatis,

Sulp. Sev. 2, 22, 5:

id opera expertus sum esse ita,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 2, 3:

expertus sum prodesse,

Quint. 2, 4, 13:

expertus, juvenem praelongos habuisse sermones,

id. 10, 3, 32:

ut frequenter experti sumus,

id. 1, 12, 11.—

Rarely in other tenses: et exorabile numen Fortasse experiar,

may find, Juv. 13, 103.—

To make trial of, in a hostile sense, to measure strength with, to contend with:

ut interire quam Romanos non experiri mallet,

Nep. Ham. 4, 3:

maritimis moribus mecum experitur,

Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 11:

ipsi duces cominus invicem experti,

Flor. 3, 21, 7; 4, 10, 1; cf.:

hos cum Suevi, multis saepe bellis experti, finibus expellere non potuissent,

Caes. B. G. 4, 3, 4:

Turnum in armis,

Verg. A. 7, 434.

To undertake, to attempt, to make trial of, undergo, experience a thing.

In gen.:

qui desperatione debilitati experiri id nolent, quod se assequi posse diffidant. Sed par est omnes omnia experiri, qui, etc.,

Cic. Or. 1, 4; cf.:

istuc primum experiar,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 47:

omnia experiri certum est, priusquam pereo,

Ter. And. 2, 1, 11:

omnia prius quam, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 7, 78, 1:

extrema omnia,

Sall. C. 26, 5; cf.

also: sese omnia de pace expertum,

Caes. B. C. 3, 57, 2:

libertatem,

i. e. to make use of, enjoy, Sall. J. 31, 5:

late fusum opus est et multiplex, etc.... dicere experiar,

Quint. 2, 13, 17:

quod quoniam me saepius rogas, aggrediar, non tam perficiundi spe quam experiundi voluntate,

Cic. Or. 1, 2.—With ut and subj.:

nunc si vel periculose experiundum erit, experiar certe, ut hinc avolem,

Cic. Att. 9, 10, 3:

experiri, ut sine armis propinquum ad officium reduceret,

Nep. Dat. 2, 3.—

In partic., jurid. t. t., to try or test by law, to go to law:

aut intra parietes aut summo jure experietur,

Cic. Quint. 11, 38; cf.:

in jus vocare est juris experiundi causa vocare,

Dig. 2, 4, 1; 47, 8, 4:

a me diem petivit: ego experiri non potui: latitavit,

Cic. Quint. 23, 75; Liv. 40, 29, 11:

sua propria bona malaque, cum causae dicendae data facultas sit, tum se experturum,

Liv. 3, 56, 10:

postulare ut judicium populi Romani experiri (liceat),

id. ib. —Hence,

expĕrĭens, entis, P. a. (acc. to II.), experienced, enterprising, active, industrious (class.):

homo gnavus et industrius, experientissimus ac diligentissimus arator,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 21, § 53:

promptus homo et experiens,

id. ib. 2, 4, 17, §

37: vir fortis et experiens,

id. Clu. 8, 23:

vir acer et experiens,

Liv. 6, 34, 4:

comes experientis Ulixei,

Ov. M. 14, 159:

ingenium,

id. Am. 1, 9, 32. —With gen.:

genus experiens laborum,

inured to, patient of, Ov. M. 1, 414:

rei militaris experientissimi duces,

Arn. 2, 38 init.; cf. Vulg. 2 Macc. 8, 9.— Comp. appears not to occur.—

expertus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I.), in pass. signif., tried, proved, known by experience (freq. after the Aug. per.):

vir acer et pro causa plebis expertae virtutis,

Liv. 3, 44, 3:

per omnia expertus,

id. 1, 34, 12:

indignitates homines expertos,

id. 24, 22, 2:

dulcedo libertatis,

id. 1, 17, 3:

industria,

Suet. Vesp. 4:

artes,

Tac. A. 3, 17: saevitia, Prop. 1, 3, 18:

confidens ostento sibi expertissimo,

Suet. Tib. 19.—With gen.:

expertos belli juvenes,

Verg. A. 10, 173; cf. Tac. H. 4, 76.— Comp. and adv. appear not to occur.