noun · masculinesecond declension
līberī
līberī m pl (genitive līberōrum)
Classical[ˈliː.bɛ.riː]Ecclesiastical[ˈliː.be.ri]
Mille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- pluralplural onlychildren
- pluralplural onlyoffspring
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
fīliī et fīliae.līberī -ōrum m pl — in Mille Verba, Domus et Familia
fīliī et fīliaelīberī -ōrum (m) — in Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, ch. 5 and Evangelium secundum Marcum, ch. 18
children
līberī -ōrum — in Viri Romae Facillimi, ch. 2
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | līber | līberī |
| genitive | — | līberōrum |
| dative | līberō | līberīs |
| accusative | līberum | līberōs |
| ablative | līberō | līberīs |
| vocative | līber | līberī |
lībĕri, ōrum,
I. children; v. 2. liber.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
līberī erōrum or erūm
1 liber, free persons ; hence, the children of a family, children : cum coniugibus et liberis: ex quibus (uxoribus) liberos habere, Cs.: Per liberos te precor, H.: habitus in liberum loco: Ingenio esse in liberos leni (i. e. in filium), T.: a praedonibus sublati (of one child): pax per eum et per liberos eos confirmata.
Origins
From līber (“free”).