līber
From Old Latin loeber, from Proto-Italic *louðeros, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁léwdʰeros, from *h₁lewdʰ- (“people”).
Cognate with Ancient Greek ἐλεύθερος (eleútheros), Sanskrit रोधति (ródhati), Dutch lieden, German Leute, Russian лю́ди (ljúdi, “people”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈliː.ber/, [ˈlʲiːbɛr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈli.ber/, [ˈliːber]
Adjective
līber (feminine lībera, neuter līberum, comparative līberior, superlative līberrimus, adverb līberē); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)
- free, independent, unrestricted, unchecked, unrestrained, licentious [ synonyms ▲][ quotations ▼]
- open (not decided or settled)
- unbiased (pertains to lawyers)
- exempt, void
Declension
First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | līber | lībera | līberum | līberī | līberae | lībera | |
| Genitive | līberī | līberae | līberī | līberōrum | līberārum | līberōrum | |
| Dative | līberō | līberō | līberīs | ||||
| Accusative | līberum | līberam | līberum | līberōs | līberās | lībera | |
| Ablative | līberō | līberā | līberō | līberīs | |||
| Vocative | līber | lībera | līberum | līberī | līberae | lībera | |