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libet.

to be pleasing; to be agreeable

5 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

verb[ˈlɪ.bɛt]Classical-Latin[ˈliː.bet]
  1. to be pleasing; to be agreeable

    conjugation-2 · impersonal · with-dative
Where this word comes from

From lubet, from Proto-Italic *luβēt, from Proto-Indo-European stative *lubʰ-eh₁-(ye)-ti, from Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ- (“to love, care for, desire”). Cognate with English love, lief, German lieben, Liebe, Russian любить (ljubitʹ), Sanskrit लुभ्यति (lubhyati). The unrounding of [u] to [i] is a regular sound change between /l/ and a labial consonant; see also līber (“free”), liber (“book”), and clipeus.

verb[ˈliː.bɛt]Classical-Latin[ˈliː.bet]
  1. third-person singular present active subjunctive of lībō

    active · form-of · present · singular · subjunctive · third-person
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