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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Cicero|origins=la līber}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [liːˈbɛr.ta]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [liˈbɛr.ta]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''līberta''' ''f'' (genitive lībertae); first declension^(Wiktionary)
+ The Digest has a dative and ablative plural ''lībertābus''.^(Gaffiot 2016)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is the feminine of [[lībertus]] “freedman”, from [[līber]] “free”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Köbler's first source is Cicero, whom he dates 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)^(Gaffiot 2016)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant a freedwoman, in relation to the one who freed her, her patron, ''lībertīna'' was the general term for a freedwoman.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^(Köbler 2010)^(Gaffiot 2016)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # A freedwoman (of her former master).^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[lībertus]]
+ * [[lībertīna]]
+ * [[līber]]
+ * [[lībertās]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}