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adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

lībertīnus1

lībertīnus (feminine lībertīna, neuter lībertīnum)
Classical[liː.bɛrˈtiː.nʊs]Ecclesiastical[li.berˈtiː.nus]

Meaning

  1. adjectiveOf or pertaining to the qualities of a freedman

Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms

Libertus · Libertinus

Libertus means the freed-man, with reference to his master, in opp. to servus; Cic. Mil. 33. Sext. 35. Tac. G. 25. Suet. Cæs. 75; libertinus, with reference to his rank, in opp. to civis and ingenuus. Liv. x. 21. xli. 8. Suet. Cl. 54. Senec. Contr. iii. 21. Quærendus mihi gener erat aliquis libertinus; quid ergo? alieno potius liberto? Cic. Verr. i. 47. Trebonius fecit heredem libertum suum . . . Equiti Romano libertinus homo fit heres. Suet. Cl. 25. Tac. H. iii. 58. (vi. 194.)

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativelībertīnuslībertīnalībertīnum
genitivelībertīnīlībertīnaelībertīnī
dativelībertīnōlībertīnaelībertīnō
accusativelībertīnumlībertīnamlībertīnum
ablativelībertīnōlībertīnālībertīnō
vocativelībertīnelībertīnalībertīnum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativelībertīnīlībertīnaelībertīna
genitivelībertīnōrumlībertīnārumlībertīnōrum
dativelībertīnīslībertīnīslībertīnīs
accusativelībertīnōslībertīnāslībertīna
ablativelībertīnīslībertīnīslībertīnīs
vocativelībertīnīlībertīnaelībertīna

lībertīnus, a, um, adj. libertus,
I. of or belonging to the condition of a freedman (opp. ingenuus, of the condition of a freeborn person; cf. in the foll. the passage Tac. A. 15, 57, and under II. A. the passage from Gai. Inst. 1, 10 and 11): homo liber, qui se vendidit, manumissus non ad suum statum revertitur, quo se abdicavit, sed efficitur libertinae condicionis, enters into the condition of a freedman, becomes a freedman, Dig. 1, 5, 21: in classem mille socii navales cives Romani libertini ordinis scribi jussi, Liv. 43, 12, 9; 42, 27, 3 (for which: navales socii cives Romani, qui servitutem servissent, id. 40, 18, 7); Suet. Gram. 18: Atilius quidam libertini generis, Tac. A. 4, 62; 2, 85; Suet. Aug. 44: libertinus homo, a freedman, Cic. Balb. 11, 28; id. Cat. 3, 6, 14; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 47, § 124; cf.: mulieris libertinae sermo, of a freedwoman, Liv. 39, 13, 2: libertina mulier, Tac. A. 15, 57; Suet. Calig. 16: ut me libertino patre natum, of a father who was a freedman, Hor. S. 1, 6, 6; so, id. ib. 45; 46; id. Ep. 1, 20, 20: sunt etiam libertini optimates, Cic. Sest. 45, 97: miles, Suet. Aug. 25: plebs, Plin. 14, 4, 5, § 48: opes, Mart. 5, 13, 6: homines libertini ordinis, Gell. 5, 19, 12.—Hence,
II. Subst.
A. lībertīnus, i, m., a freedman (in reference to his status in society or the state; whereas a freedman was called libertus in reference to the manumitter): qui servus est, si manumittatur, fit libertinus, Quint. 5, 10, 60; cf.: servus cum manumittitur, libertinus: addictus recepta libertate ingenuus, id. 7, 3, 27: liberorum hominum alii ingenui sunt, alii libertini. Ingenui sunt, qui liberi nati sunt: libertini sunt, qui ex justa servitute manumissi sunt, Gai. Inst. 1, §§ 10 and 11; Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 10: sed ita pars libertinorumst, nisi patrono qui advorsatust, ni illi offecit, etc., id. Pers. 5, 2, 57: Ti. Gracchus libertinos in urbanas tribus transtulit, Cic. de Or. 1, 9, 38; id. Phil. 3, 6 fin.: libertini centuriati, Liv. 10, 21, 4: libertinis detrahenda est auctoritas, Quint. 11, 1, 88: neminem libertinorum adhibitum ab eo cenae, Suet. Aug. 74: primus omnium libertinorum scribere' historiam orsus, id. Rhet. 3: quae deberetur cuidam libertino, clienti tuo, id. Caes. 2; cf. id. Claud. 26; Hor. S. 2, 3, 281: unde Mundior exiret vix libertinus honeste, id. ib. 2, 7, 12: libertinis nullo jure uti praetextis licebat, Macr. S. 1, 6, 13.—
2. Transf., the son of a freedman, opp. libertus, the freedman himself (only acc. to a statement of Suetonius and of Isidore; v. the foll.): ignarus, temporibus Appii et deinceps aliquandiu libertinos dictos non ipsos, qui manumitterentur, sed ingenuos ex his procreatos, Suet. Claud. 24: libertorum filii apud antiquos libertini appellabantur, quasi de libertis nati. Nunc vero libertinus aut a liberto factus aut possessus, Isid. Orig. 9, 4, 47: libertinos ab ingenuis adoptari jure posse, Mas. Sab. ap. Gell. 5, 19, 11.—
B. lībertīna, ae, f., a freedwoman, Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 16: ingenuamne an libertinam? id. ib. 3, 1, 189: amore libertinae perinfamis, Suet. Vit. 2: aulica, id. Oth. 2; Gai. Inst. 3, § 51: tutior merx est Libertinarum, Hor. S. 1, 2, 48: Myrtale, id. C. 1, 33, 15: Phryne, id. Epod. 14, 15: libertinas ducere, Ulp. Fragm. 13, 1: libertinae quae longa veste uterentur, Macr. S. 1, 6, 13.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnus Latin lībertīnus From lībertus (“freedman”) + -īnus.

Descendants
  • Catalanllibertí
  • Englishlibertine
  • Italianlibertino
  • Frenchlibertinfrom Old French libertin
  • Portugueselibertino
  • Spanishlibertino
  • Sicilianlibbirtinu

In English words that came into English from lībertīnus

  • libertinelībertīnus
noun · masculinesecond declension
lībertīnus2
lībertīnus m (genitive lībertīnī, feminine lībertīna)
Classical[liː.bɛrˈtiː.nʊs]Ecclesiastical[li.berˈtiː.nus]

Meaning

  1. freedman

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativelībertīnuslībertīnī
genitivelībertīnīlībertīnōrum
dativelībertīnōlībertīnīs
accusativelībertīnumlībertīnōs
ablativelībertīnōlībertīnīs
vocativelībertīnelībertīnī

lībertīnus, i, v. 1. libertinus, II. A.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnus Latin lībertīnus From lībertus (“freedman”) + -īnus.

Quick answers

What does lībertīnus mean in Latin?
lībertīnus, a adjective, means “Of or pertaining to the qualities of a freedman”.
How do you pronounce lībertīnus?
In classical Latin, [liː.bɛrˈtiː.nʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [li.berˈtiː.nus].