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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=ine-pro *h₁lewdʰ-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈliː.bɛ.reː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈliː.be.re]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''līberē''' (comparative līberius, superlative līberissimē)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|līber|-ē|t1=free]], an adverb.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces ⟨līber⟩ to [[itc-pro|*leuþero-]], from [[ine-pro|*h₁leudʰ-ero-|t=belonging to the people]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Plautus, of speaking frankly, and Terence uses it of acting like a free man.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC and Terence 190–159 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant like a free man, like a gentleman, as in Terence; without restriction, at will, freely; and without concealment, openly, frankly, boldly, as in Plautus and Cicero.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it of being born and brought up as free men.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of frank speech.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence uses it of acting like a free man.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # Like a free man, like a [[m|en|gentleman]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # Without restriction, at will, [[m|en|freely]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # Openly, [[m|en|frankly]], boldly.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[līber]]

+ * [[līberālis]]

+ * [[līberālitās]]

+ * [[līberāliter]]

+ * [[līberātiō]]

+ * [[līberātor]]

+ * [[līberātrīx]]

+ * [[līberō]]

+ * [[līberta]]

+ * [[lībertās]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}