lubet

English

Noun

lubet

1. (countable) pleasure.

   Synonyms: delight, joy

   • 1939, Henry Miller, Tropic of Capricorn, Grove Press, published 1962, page 295:

     You must believe me that on this street, neither in the houses which line it, nor the cobblestones which pave it, nor the elevated structure which cuts it atwain, neither in any creature that bears a name and lives thereon, neither in any animal, bird or insect passing through it to slaughter or already slaughtered, is there hope of “lubet,” “sublimate” or “abominate.”

Anagrams

• bluet, butle

Latin

Etymology

From *luβet, (from Proto-Italic *luβēō (“to desire”)), from Proto-Indo-European *lubʰ-eh₁-(ye)-ti (stative), from *lewbʰ- (“love, care, desire”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈlu.bet/, [ˈɫ̪ʊbɛt̪]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈlu.bet/, [ˈluːbet̪]

Verb

lubet (present infinitive lubēre, perfect active lubuit or lubitus est, supine lubitum); second conjugation, impersonal, optionally semi-deponent, no future active participle, no gerund

1. (Old Latin) Alternative form of libet

Conjugation

   Conjugation of lubet (second conjugation, impersonal, optionally semi-deponent, no future active participle, no gerund)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		—		lubet		—		—		—
	imperfect	—		—		lubēbat		—		—		—
	future	—		—		lubēbit		—		—		—
	perfect	—		—		lubuit, lubitus est		—		—		—
	pluperfect	—		—		lubuerat, lubitus erat		—		—		—
	future perfect	—		—		lubuerit, lubitus erit		—		—		—
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		—		lubeat		—		—		—
	imperfect	—		—		lubēret		—		—		—
	perfect	—		—		lubuerit, lubitus sit		—		—		—
	pluperfect	—		—		lubuisset, lubitus esset		—		—		—
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	future	—		—		lubētō		—		—		—
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		lubēre			—			lubēns			—
future		lubitum īre			—			—			—
perfect		lubuisse, lubitum esse			—			lubitus			—
future perfect		lubitum fore			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		—		—		—		—		lubitum		lubitū

References

• “lubet”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press