verb
al-lŭbesco
Meaning
- to be pleasing to
al-lŭbesco (adl-), ĕre,
I. v. inch. [lubet].
I. With dat., to be pleasing to (post-class.):
illa basiare volenti promptis saviolis adlubescebat, App. M. 7, p. 192, 40; Mart. Cap. 1, p. 10.—* II. Absol.:
Hercle vero jam adlubescit (femina) primulum, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 14: adlubescere aquis, to find pleasure in, to drink with pleasure, App. M. 9, p. 218, 27.