LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

lībertās1

lībertās f (genitive lībertātis)
Classical[liːˈbɛr.taːs]Ecclesiastical[liˈbɛr.tas]
№ 495 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. liberty, freedom
  2. civil liberty
  3. political liberty, independence
  4. freedom of speech, candor
  5. privilege

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

status hominis līberī, quī servus nōn est.
lībertās -ātis f — in Mille Verba, Urbs et Aedificia

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativelībertāslībertātēs
genitivelībertātislībertātum
dativelībertātīlībertātibus
accusativelībertātemlībertātēs
ablativelībertātelībertātibus
vocativelībertāslībertātēs

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

libertatem recuperare
to recover liberty.
ad libertatem conclamare
to summon to liberty.
libertatem populo eripere
to rob a people of its freedom.
libertas, libertatis studium
independent spirit.
rem publicam in libertatem vindicare a or ex dominatione
to deliver the state from a tyranny.
populum liberum esse, libertate uti, sui iuris esse pati
to grant a people its independence.

lībertas (old form, loebertas; v. 1. liber
I. init.), ātis, f. 1. liber, the state or condition of a freeman, a being free, freedom, liberty, freedom from restraint or obligation, free will, etc.
I. In gen.: quid est enim libertas? potestas vivendi, ut velis, Cic. Par. 5, 1, 34: ne majorem largiar ei, qui contra dicturus est, libertatem et licentiam, id. Ac. 2, 10, 30: praecidere sibi libertatem vivendi, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 1, § 3: tabella dat populo eam libertatem, ut, quod velint, faciant, id. Planc. 6, 16: libertas in ridendo, in plorando, id. ib. 14, 33: omnium rerum impunitam libertatem tenere, id. de Or. 1, 52, 226: libertas est naturalis facultas ejus quod cuique facere libet, nisi si quid vi aut jure prohibetur, Just. Inst. 1, 3, 1.—With gen.: feminae omnium rerum libertatem desiderant, Liv. 34, 2 fin: testamentorum, Quint. 3, 6, 84: verborum (with licentia figurarum), id. 10, 1, 28: dialogorum, id. 10, 5, 15: caeli, the open air, id. 10, 3, 22.—Poet. with inf sit modo libertas, quae velit ira, loqui, Prop. 1, 1, 28: nec mihi libertas imis freta tollere arenis, Val. Fl. 1, 601.—
II. In partic.
A. Civil freedom, liberty, opp. to slavery: Scaevae, servo Q. Crotonis, libertas data est, Cic. Rab. Perd. 11, 31: alicujus libertati parcere, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38 (Ann. v. 206 Vahl.): omnes homines naturā libertati studere et condicionem servitutis odisse, Caes. B. G. 3, 10 fin.: patriam et libertatem perdidi, Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 50: libertas paenulast tergo tuo, id. Most. 4, 2, 74: haruspex his promisit libertatem, id. Poen. 5, 4, 54: aliquem in libertatem asserere, Suet. Vit. 10: petitur puer in libertatem, id. Rhet. 1: libertatis condicio, Ulp. Fragm. 2, 3: favor libertatis, Gai. Inst. 1, 21; Paul. Sent. 2, 23, 2: libertatem dare, Gai. Inst. 2, 200: amittere, id. ib. 1, 160 sq.—
(b). In plur. (anteand post-class.): tribus non conduci possim libertatibus, Quin, etc., Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 70: pecunias et libertates servis et ante dono datas, Tac. A. 15, 55: in libertatibus dandis, Gai. Inst. 2, § 228: libertatium conservandarum causa, Dig. 38, 1, 13, § 1: lex (Fufia Caninia) cavet ut libertates servis testamento nominatim dentur, Ulp. Fragm. 1, 25.—
2. Trop.: se in libertatem vindicare, Cic. de Or. 2, 33, 145; cf.: in libertatem vindicati, id. N. D. 1, 20, 56.—
B. Political freedom, liberty, or independence of a people not under monarchical rule, or not subject to another people (opp. servitus and dominatus): aut exigendi reges non fuerunt: aut plebi re, non verbo danda libertas, Cic. Leg. 3, 10 fin.: aliae nationes servitutem pati possunt: populi Romani est propria libertas, id. Phil. 6, 7 fin.; cf. id. ib. 3, 11 fin.: in optimatium dominatu vix particeps libertatis potest esse multitudo, id. Rep. 1, 27, 43: et a regum et a patrum dominatione solere in libertatem rem populi vindicari, etc., id. ib. 1, 32, 48: alicui eripere libertatem, id. ib. 1, 17, 28: in libertate permanere, Caes. B. G. 3, 8: libertatem accipere, recuperare, id. ib. 7, 1 fin.: plus communi libertati tribuere, id. ib. 7, 37: per dolum ac proditionem prope libertas amissa est, Liv. 2, 3, 1: conditor Romanae libertatis, id. 8, 34.—
C. The spirit of liberty, consciousness of freedom: dolor animi, innata libertas, prompta excellensque virtus, Cic. Sest. 41, 88: timefacta libertas, id. Off. 2, 7, 24.—
D. Freedom of speech or thought, frankness, boldness, candor (mostly post-Aug.): hoc mihi libertas, hoc pia lingua dedit, Ov. H. 15, 68: vera de exitu ejus magna cum libertate ominatus est, Vell. 2, 71, 2: quae in aliis libertas est, in aliis licentia vocatur, Quint. 3, 8, 48: affectatores libertatis, id. 6, 2, 16; 10, 1, 94: antiqua comoedia facundissimae libertatis, id. 10, 1, 65: vox honestissimae libertatis, id. 11, 1, 37: libertas ingenii, Sall. J. 30, 3.—
E. Freedom from taxation, exemption: aedium, Dig. 8, 6, 18.—
F. Personified: Līber-tas, tatis, f., the goddess of Liberty, whose temple on the Aventine Hill was founded by the father of Tiberius Gracchus in the second Punic war; in the atrium of this temple the census-tables were preserved, Ov. F. 4, 624; Liv. 24, 17; 25, 7; 34, 44; 45, 15; Cic. Mil. 22, 59; id. Att. 4, 16, 14; id. N. D. 2, 23, 61. A statue of Libertas was erected by Clodius on the site of Cicero's house after it was pulled down, Cic. Att. 4, 2, 3.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁lewdʰ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁léwdʰeros
  3. Proto-Italic*louðeros
  4. Proto-Italic*louðortāts
  5. Old Latinloebertās
  6. Latinlībertās

Inherited from Old Latin loebertās, from Proto-Italic *louðortāts. By surface analysis, līber (“free”) + -tās. Cognate with Faliscan 𐌋𐌏𐌉𐌅𐌉𐌓𐌕𐌀𐌕𐌏 (loifirtato).

Elsewhere
  • Italianlibertà
  • Frenchlibertéfrom Old French liberté
  • Romanianlibertatefrom Old French liberté
  • Englishlibertyfrom Old French liberté
  • Portugueseliberdadefrom Old Galician-Portuguese liberdade
  • Spanishlibertadfrom Old Spanish libertat
  • Dalmatianlibertut
  • Friulianlibertât
  • Galicianliberdadefrom Old Galician-Portuguese liberdade
  • Sicilianlibbirtàfrom Old Sicilian libbirtati
Old Occitan
  • Catalanllibertat
  • Occitanlibertat

In English words that came into English from lībertās

  • libertylībertās
proper noun · femininethird declension
Lībertās2
Lībertās f sg (genitive Lībertātis)
Classical[liːˈbɛr.taːs]Ecclesiastical[liˈbɛr.tas]

Meaning

  1. Romangoddess and personification of liberty.
  2. The star ξ Aquilae in the constellation Aquila.

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeLībertās—
genitiveLībertātis—
dativeLībertātī—
accusativeLībertātem—
ablativeLībertāte—
vocativeLībertās—

Origins

# For sense 1: From lībertās (“liberty”). # For sense 2: From lībertās (“liberty”), coined by Libertyer in 2015.

Descendants
  • EnglishLibertas

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

Biography & mythologyLibertasLibertas. the personification of Liberty, was worshipped at Rome as a divinity. A temple was erected to her on the Aventine by Tib. Sempronius Gracchu…

Quick answers

What does lībertās mean in Latin?
lībertās, a noun, means “liberty, freedom; civil liberty; political liberty, independence”.
What is the genitive of lībertās?
The genitive singular is lībertātis. lībertās is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce lībertās?
In classical Latin, [liːˈbɛr.taːs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [liˈbɛr.tas].
Where does lībertās come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ- → Proto-Indo-European *h₁léwdʰeros → Proto-Italic *louðeros → Proto-Italic *louðortāts → Old Latin loebertās → Latin lībertās.