libenter Latin · revision 18107

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=234–149 BC, Cato|origins=ine-pro *lewbʰ-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [lɪˈbɛn.tɛr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [liˈbɛn.ter]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''libenter''' (comparative libentius, superlative libentissimē)^(Wiktionary)

+ The older spelling is ''lubenter''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed [[af|la|libēns|-ter|t1=willing, glad]], the adverb of that participle of [[m|la|libet|t=it pleases]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010) De Vaan derives [[m|la|libet]], older ⟨lubet⟩, from [[itc-pro|*luf-ē-|t=to desire]], from [[ine-pro|*lubʰ-eh₁-|t=to please]], cognate with [[got|𐌻𐌹𐌿𐍆𐍃|tr=liufs|t=dear]] and [[cu|любъ|tr=ljubŭ|t=sweet, pleasant]]; the vowel /u/ became /i/ between a dark /l/ and /b/.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler first records it in Cato.^(Köbler 2010) De Vaan dates the verb ''libet'' (''lubet'') from Plautus.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ ''Libenter'' is “with pleasure, willingly, gladly”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) Wiktionary adds the nuances “eagerly” and “with vigour, with enthusiasm”.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # [[m|en|willingly]], [[m|en|gladly]], with pleasure.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Eagerly, with enthusiasm.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[libēns]]

+ * [[lubēns]]

+ * [[Libentīna]]

+ * [[libet]]

+ * [[lubet]]

+ * [[libīdō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}