write full

com-plĕo ( conp-), ēvi, ētum, 2 (contr. forms: complerunt, complerint, complerat, complesse, etc., for compleverunt, etc., very often), v. a. [pleo, whence suppleo, plenus], to fill up, fill full, fill out (class. in prose and poetry).

Lit., of material objects.

In gen., with acc. of place, vessel, etc., filled.

Alone:

hostes fossam complent,

Caes. B. G. 5, 40; Auct. B. Hisp. 16; Tac. H. 2, 25:

tune aut inane quicquam putes esse, cum ita conpleta et conferta sint omnia, ut, etc.,

Cic. Ac. 2, 40, 125:

metu, ne compleantur navigia,

Liv. 41, 3, 2:

deducunt socii navis et litora conplent,

Verg. A. 3, 71:

conplebant Laidos aedes (amatores),

Prop. 2, 6, 1:

corpora quae loca complerent,

occupy space, Lucr. 1, 522:

legiones cum loca Camporum complent,

id. 2, 324:

milites complent murum,

Caes. B. G. 7, 27:

vigiles domum Flavii complevere,

Tac. H. 3, 69; id. A. 15, 33:

scrobem ad medium,

Col. Arb. 4, 5:

non bene urnam,

Ov. M. 12, 616:

vascula,

Quint. 1, 2, 28:

paginam,

to fill out, write full, Cic. Att. 13, 34 fin.:

speluncas, of the winds,

Lucr. 6, 197.—

With abl. of material, etc.:

fossas sarmentis et virgultis,

Caes. B. G. 3, 18:

totum prope caelum... humano genere conpletum est,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 12, 28:

mundum animorum multitudine,

id. Div. 2, 58, 119:

bestiis omnium gentium circum conplere,

Liv. 44, 9, 4:

naufragorum trepidatione passim natantium flumen conpleverunt,

id. 42, 62, 6:

Hispanias Gallias Italiam monumentis ingentium rerum,

id. 30, 28, 4:

quos (gradus) ubi accusator concitatis hominibus complerat,

Cic. Clu. 34, 93:

munus Apolline dignum libris,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 217:

late loca milite,

Verg. A. 2, 495:

naves serpentibus,

Nep. Hann. 11, 6:

amphoras plumbo,

id. ib. 9, 3:

statuas aëneas pecuniā,

id. ib. 9, 3:

horrea messibus,

Luc. 3, 66:

complentur moenia et tecta maerentium turbā,

Tac. A. 3, 1:

Palatium multitudine et clamoribus complebant,

id. ib. 14, 61:

virgultibus et cratibus et corporibus exanimis complere lossas,

id. ib. 4, 51; cf.

also: et terrae... stirpium renovatione complentur,

Cic. N. D. 2, 51, 128.—

With gen.:

conviviumque vicinorum cottidie conpleo,

Cic. Sen. 14, 46:

cum completus jam mercatorum carcer esset,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 57, § 147:

quae causa... ararum conpleverit urbis,

Lucr. 5, 1162.—

Esp.

In milit. lang.

To make the army, a legion, etc., of a full number, to complete, fill up:

legiones in itinere,

Caes. B. C. 1, 25:

cohortes pro numero militum complet,

Sall. C. 56, 1; Nep. Milt. 5, 1:

legione completā per maniplos,

Sil. 8, 119.—

To man, fill with men:

classem Romanam sociis navalibus,

Liv. 24, 11, 9:

naves colonis pastoribusque,

Caes. B. C. 1, 56; cf.:

has (naves) sagittariis tormentisque compleverunt,

id. ib. 2, 4:

naves bis denas aut plures,

Verg. A. 11, 327 Serv.—

To fill, impregnate:

alias (mulieres),

Lucr. 4, 1249; 4, 1275.—

Transf., of light, sound, etc. (freq.).

To fill with light, maké full:

ut cuncta suā luce conpleat (sol),

Cic. Rep. 6, 17, 17:

mundum suā luce,

id. N. D. 2, 46, 119:

terras largā luce,

id. ib. 2, 19, 43:

orbem (luna),

Tib. 2, 4, 18:

lunae se cornua lumine complent,

Verg. A. 3, 645:

quod maria ac terras omnis caelumque rigando Conpleat (sol),

Lucr. 5, 595.—

To fill with sound, cause to resound, etc., to fill, make full:

omnia clamoribus,

Lucr. 4, 1014:

omnia vocibus,

id. 5, 1065:

nemus querellis,

id. 2, 358; cf.:

nemus timendā voce,

Hor. Epod. 6, 9:

aëra tinnitibus et murmure,

Ov. M. 14, 537:

atria ululatu,

id. ib. 5, 153:

atria fremitu,

id. ib. 5, 3 et saep.:

fremitu aequora,

Prop. 2, 16 (3, 8), 37:

aures (sonus),

Cic. Rep. 6, 18, 18; cf. id. Agr. 3, 1, 3:

caelum clamore,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 798: aures sermonibus, Claud. Cons. Prob. et Olyb. 31: clamor omnia variis terrentium ac paventium vocibus complet, Liv. 5, 21, 11.—

Of odors, etc.:

omnia primo motu ac spiritu suo, vini, unguenti, corporis odore complesset,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 12, § 31; cf. Veg. Vet. 1, 17, 3. —

Transf., to cover, overwhelm:

Dianam (i. e. simulacrum) coronis et floribus,

i. e. to deck, adorn, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 35, § 77:

vortentibus Telebois telis conplebantur corpora,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 95.—

To fill, sate with food or drink:

multo cibo et potione,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 35, 100:

se flore Liberi,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 2, 8:

haec avis scribitur conchis se solere conplere,

Cic. N. D. 2, 49, 124.—

Trop.

To supply fully, furnish abundantly:

exercitum omni copiā,

Caes. B. C. 2, 25 fin. —

To fill with any notion, story, desire, humor, passion:

completi sunt animi auresque vestrae, me... obsistere, etc.,

Cic. Agr. 3, 1, 3:

reliquos (milites) bonā spe,

Caes. B. C. 2, 21:

aliquem gaudio,

Cic. Fin. 5, 24, 69:

taedio,

Quint. 8, 6, 14:

animos robore,

Luc. 5, 412:

omnia luctu,

Sall. C. 51, 9:

omnia terrore,

Liv. 34, 9, 13:

cuncta pavore,

Curt. 3, 13, 10 al. —With gen.:

aliquem erroris et dementiae,

Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 9:

aliquem flagitii et formidinis,

id. Men. 5, 5, 3.—

To make complete or perfect, to finish; of a promise, to fulfil it:

lustrationem (annuam) menstruo spatio (luna),

Cic. N. D. 1, 31, 87; cf. Verg. A. 5, 46:

his rebus completis legiones reduci jussit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 46 (Dinter, ex conj., comparatis):

nocturnum erat sacrum, ita ut ante mediam noctem conpleretur,

Liv. 23, 35, 15:

studia,

Gell. 13, 5:

conplent ea beatissimam vitam,

Cic. Fin. 5, 24, 71; cf. id. ib. 3, 13, 43; id. Tusc. 5, 16, 47:

summam promissi,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 49, § 116:

rerum humanarum sorte completā,

Curt. 10, 6, 6 al. —

Of time, to finish, complete:

Gorgias centum et septem conplevit annos,

Cic. Sen. 5, 13:

cum VII. et LXX. annos complesset,

Nep. Att. 21, 1:

Corvinus centesimum annum complevit,

Val. Max. 8, 13, 1; Lact. Op. Dei, 4, 3; cf.:

sua fata,

Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 77:

sua tempora,

id. M. 15, 816:

quinque saecula vitae suae,

id. ib. 15, 395:

materna tempora,

i. e. the time of pregnancy, id. ib. 3, 312; cf. id. ib. 11, 311:

semel quadrigis, semel desultore misso, vix unius horae tempus utrumque curriculum conplebat,

Liv. 44, 9, 4.—Hence, complētus, a, um, P. a.

Prop., filled full, full: alveus Tiberis ruderibus, * Suet. Aug. 30.—

Trop., complete, perfect:

completus et perfectus verborum ambitus,

Cic. Or. 50, 168.—

* Comp., Gell. 1, 7, 20.

com-plĕo ( conp-), ēvi, ētum, 2 (contr. forms: complerunt, complerint, complerat, complesse, etc., for compleverunt, etc., very often), v. a. [pleo, whence suppleo, plenus], to fill up, fill full, fill out (class. in prose and poetry).

Lit., of material objects.

In gen., with acc. of place, vessel, etc., filled.

Alone:

hostes fossam complent,

Caes. B. G. 5, 40; Auct. B. Hisp. 16; Tac. H. 2, 25:

tune aut inane quicquam putes esse, cum ita conpleta et conferta sint omnia, ut, etc.,

Cic. Ac. 2, 40, 125:

metu, ne compleantur navigia,

Liv. 41, 3, 2:

deducunt socii navis et litora conplent,

Verg. A. 3, 71:

conplebant Laidos aedes (amatores),

Prop. 2, 6, 1:

corpora quae loca complerent,

occupy space, Lucr. 1, 522:

legiones cum loca Camporum complent,

id. 2, 324:

milites complent murum,

Caes. B. G. 7, 27:

vigiles domum Flavii complevere,

Tac. H. 3, 69; id. A. 15, 33:

scrobem ad medium,

Col. Arb. 4, 5:

non bene urnam,

Ov. M. 12, 616:

vascula,

Quint. 1, 2, 28:

paginam,

to fill out, write full, Cic. Att. 13, 34 fin.:

speluncas, of the winds,

Lucr. 6, 197.—

With abl. of material, etc.:

fossas sarmentis et virgultis,

Caes. B. G. 3, 18:

totum prope caelum... humano genere conpletum est,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 12, 28:

mundum animorum multitudine,

id. Div. 2, 58, 119:

bestiis omnium gentium circum conplere,

Liv. 44, 9, 4:

naufragorum trepidatione passim natantium flumen conpleverunt,

id. 42, 62, 6:

Hispanias Gallias Italiam monumentis ingentium rerum,

id. 30, 28, 4:

quos (gradus) ubi accusator concitatis hominibus complerat,

Cic. Clu. 34, 93:

munus Apolline dignum libris,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 217:

late loca milite,

Verg. A. 2, 495:

naves serpentibus,

Nep. Hann. 11, 6:

amphoras plumbo,

id. ib. 9, 3:

statuas aëneas pecuniā,

id. ib. 9, 3:

horrea messibus,

Luc. 3, 66:

complentur moenia et tecta maerentium turbā,

Tac. A. 3, 1:

Palatium multitudine et clamoribus complebant,

id. ib. 14, 61:

virgultibus et cratibus et corporibus exanimis complere lossas,

id. ib. 4, 51; cf.

also: et terrae... stirpium renovatione complentur,

Cic. N. D. 2, 51, 128.—

With gen.:

conviviumque vicinorum cottidie conpleo,

Cic. Sen. 14, 46:

cum completus jam mercatorum carcer esset,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 57, § 147:

quae causa... ararum conpleverit urbis,

Lucr. 5, 1162.—

Esp.

In milit. lang.

To make the army, a legion, etc., of a full number, to complete, fill up:

legiones in itinere,

Caes. B. C. 1, 25:

cohortes pro numero militum complet,

Sall. C. 56, 1; Nep. Milt. 5, 1:

legione completā per maniplos,

Sil. 8, 119.—

To man, fill with men:

classem Romanam sociis navalibus,

Liv. 24, 11, 9:

naves colonis pastoribusque,

Caes. B. C. 1, 56; cf.:

has (naves) sagittariis tormentisque compleverunt,

id. ib. 2, 4:

naves bis denas aut plures,

Verg. A. 11, 327 Serv.—

To fill, impregnate:

alias (mulieres),

Lucr. 4, 1249; 4, 1275.—

Transf., of light, sound, etc. (freq.).

To fill with light, maké full:

ut cuncta suā luce conpleat (sol),

Cic. Rep. 6, 17, 17:

mundum suā luce,

id. N. D. 2, 46, 119:

terras largā luce,

id. ib. 2, 19, 43:

orbem (luna),

Tib. 2, 4, 18:

lunae se cornua lumine complent,

Verg. A. 3, 645:

quod maria ac terras omnis caelumque rigando Conpleat (sol),

Lucr. 5, 595.—

To fill with sound, cause to resound, etc., to fill, make full:

omnia clamoribus,

Lucr. 4, 1014:

omnia vocibus,

id. 5, 1065:

nemus querellis,

id. 2, 358; cf.:

nemus timendā voce,

Hor. Epod. 6, 9:

aëra tinnitibus et murmure,

Ov. M. 14, 537:

atria ululatu,

id. ib. 5, 153:

atria fremitu,

id. ib. 5, 3 et saep.:

fremitu aequora,

Prop. 2, 16 (3, 8), 37:

aures (sonus),

Cic. Rep. 6, 18, 18; cf. id. Agr. 3, 1, 3:

caelum clamore,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 798: aures sermonibus, Claud. Cons. Prob. et Olyb. 31: clamor omnia variis terrentium ac paventium vocibus complet, Liv. 5, 21, 11.—

Of odors, etc.:

omnia primo motu ac spiritu suo, vini, unguenti, corporis odore complesset,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 12, § 31; cf. Veg. Vet. 1, 17, 3. —

Transf., to cover, overwhelm:

Dianam (i. e. simulacrum) coronis et floribus,

i. e. to deck, adorn, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 35, § 77:

vortentibus Telebois telis conplebantur corpora,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 95.—

To fill, sate with food or drink:

multo cibo et potione,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 35, 100:

se flore Liberi,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 2, 8:

haec avis scribitur conchis se solere conplere,

Cic. N. D. 2, 49, 124.—

Trop.

To supply fully, furnish abundantly:

exercitum omni copiā,

Caes. B. C. 2, 25 fin. —

To fill with any notion, story, desire, humor, passion:

completi sunt animi auresque vestrae, me... obsistere, etc.,

Cic. Agr. 3, 1, 3:

reliquos (milites) bonā spe,

Caes. B. C. 2, 21:

aliquem gaudio,

Cic. Fin. 5, 24, 69:

taedio,

Quint. 8, 6, 14:

animos robore,

Luc. 5, 412:

omnia luctu,

Sall. C. 51, 9:

omnia terrore,

Liv. 34, 9, 13:

cuncta pavore,

Curt. 3, 13, 10 al. —With gen.:

aliquem erroris et dementiae,

Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 9:

aliquem flagitii et formidinis,

id. Men. 5, 5, 3.—

To make complete or perfect, to finish; of a promise, to fulfil it:

lustrationem (annuam) menstruo spatio (luna),

Cic. N. D. 1, 31, 87; cf. Verg. A. 5, 46:

his rebus completis legiones reduci jussit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 46 (Dinter, ex conj., comparatis):

nocturnum erat sacrum, ita ut ante mediam noctem conpleretur,

Liv. 23, 35, 15:

studia,

Gell. 13, 5:

conplent ea beatissimam vitam,

Cic. Fin. 5, 24, 71; cf. id. ib. 3, 13, 43; id. Tusc. 5, 16, 47:

summam promissi,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 49, § 116:

rerum humanarum sorte completā,

Curt. 10, 6, 6 al. —

Of time, to finish, complete:

Gorgias centum et septem conplevit annos,

Cic. Sen. 5, 13:

cum VII. et LXX. annos complesset,

Nep. Att. 21, 1:

Corvinus centesimum annum complevit,

Val. Max. 8, 13, 1; Lact. Op. Dei, 4, 3; cf.:

sua fata,

Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 77:

sua tempora,

id. M. 15, 816:

quinque saecula vitae suae,

id. ib. 15, 395:

materna tempora,

i. e. the time of pregnancy, id. ib. 3, 312; cf. id. ib. 11, 311:

semel quadrigis, semel desultore misso, vix unius horae tempus utrumque curriculum conplebat,

Liv. 44, 9, 4.—Hence, complētus, a, um, P. a.

Prop., filled full, full: alveus Tiberis ruderibus, * Suet. Aug. 30.—

Trop., complete, perfect:

completus et perfectus verborum ambitus,

Cic. Or. 50, 168.—

* Comp., Gell. 1, 7, 20.

per-scrībo, psi, ptum, 3, v. a.

Lit., to write in full or at length, to write out, to write without abbreviations (cf.: conscribo, compono): verbo non perscripto, not being written in full, Tiro Tullius ap. Gell. 10, 1, 7:

in M. Catonis quartā Origine ita perscriptum est,

written out, written in full, Gell. 10, 1, 10:

notata, non perscripta erat summa,

Suet. Galb. 5:

est circa perscribendas vel paucioribus litteris notandas voces studium necessarium,

Val. Prob. Not. Sign. 1.—

Transf.

To write a full description of, to write in full or at length, to write out:

nunc velim mihi plane perscribas, quid videas,

Cic. Att. 3, 13, 2:

de meis rebus ad Lollium perscripsi,

id. Fam. 5, 3, 2:

hoc perscriptum in monumentis veteribus reperietis, ut, etc.,

id. Agr. 2, 32, 88: res populi Romani a primordio urbis, Liv. praef. init.:

versum puris verbis,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 54. —

To write or note down; to enter, register, Caes. B. C. 1, 6:

quoniam nondum perscriptum est senatūs consultum, ex memoriā vobis, quid senatus censuerit exponam,

Cic. Cat. 3, 6, 13:

in tabulas publicas ad aerarium perscribenda curavit,

id. Verr. 1, 21, 57; 2, 1, 35, § 89.—Hence, tabulae ubi aera perscribantur usuraria, i. e. inscribed, but never paid out, Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 53.—Esp., of entering in an account-book:

falsum nomen,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 1, 1.—

To write a full account of to any one, to announce, relate, or describe in writing or by letter:

rem gestam in Eburonibus perscribit,

Caes. B. G. 5, 47; id. B. C. 1, 53:

perscribit in litteris hostes ab se discessisse,

id. B. G. 5, 49:

orationem alicui,

Cic. Fam. 5, 4, 2:

omnia,

id. ib. 14, 5, 1.—

To make over in writing, to assign any thing to any one:

argentum perscripsi illis, quibus debui,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 30:

pecuniam,

Cic. Fl. 19, 44; cf. id. Att. 16, 2, 1:

si quid usurae nomine numeratum aut perscriptum fuisset,

Suet. Caes. 42; cf. Liv. 24, 18.—

To draw a line across, to cross a written character = diagraphein (post-class.):

as nummus est libralis et per I perscriptam notatur †: dupondius nummus est bilibris per duas II perscriptas H, etc.... denarius quoque decem librarum nummus per X perscriptam notatur *,

Prisc. de Ponder. p. 1347 P.

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.