libito
See also: libîto
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin libitum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈli.bi.to/
- Rhymes: -ibito
- Hyphenation: lì‧bi‧to
Noun
libito m (plural libiti)
- that which pleases
- pleasure, desire, lust, volition
- 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno [The Divine Comedy: Hell] (paperback), 12th edition, Le Monnier, published 1994, Canto V, lines 55–57, page 75:
- A vizio di lussuria fu sì rotta, ¶ che libito fé licito in sua legge, ¶ per tòrre il biasmo in che era condotta.
- To sensual vices she [Semiramis] was so abandoned, ¶ that lust she made licit in her law, ¶ to remove the blame to which she had been led.
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Related terms
- libidine
Further reading
- libito in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Swazi
Etymology
From li- + -bita + -o.
Noun
líbîto class 5 (plural émábîto class 6)
- name
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.