libertinus

lībertīnus, a, um, adj. [libertus],

• of or belonging to the condition of a freedman (opp. ingenuus, of the condition of a freeborn person; cf. in the foll. the passage Tac. A. 15, 57, and under II. A. the passage from Gai. Inst. 1, 10 and 11): homo liber, qui se vendidit, manumissus non ad suum statum revertitur, quo se abdicavit, sed efficitur libertinae condicionis, enters into the condition of a freedman, becomes a freedman, Dig. 1, 5, 21: in classem mille socii navales cives Romani libertini ordinis scribi jussi, Liv. 43, 12, 9; 42, 27, 3 (for which: navales socii cives Romani, qui servitutem servissent, id. 40, 18, 7); Suet. Gram. 18: Atilius quidam libertini generis, Tac. A. 4, 62; 2, 85; Suet. Aug. 44: libertinus homo, a freedman, Cic. Balb. 11, 28; id. Cat. 3, 6, 14; id. Verr. 2, 1, 47, § 124; cf.: mulieris libertinae sermo, of a freedwoman, Liv. 39, 13, 2: libertina mulier, Tac. A. 15, 57; Suet. Calig. 16: ut me libertino patre natum, of a father who was a freedman, Hor. S. 1, 6, 6; so, id. ib. 45; 46; id. Ep. 1, 20, 20: sunt etiam libertini optimates, Cic. Sest. 45, 97: miles, Suet. Aug. 25: plebs, Plin. 14, 4, 5, § 48: opes, Mart. 5, 13, 6: homines libertini ordinis, Gell. 5, 19, 12.—Hence,
• II Subst.
• • A lībertīnus, i, m., a freedman (in reference to his status in society or the state; whereas a freedman was called libertus in reference to the manumitter): qui servus est, si manumittatur, fit libertinus, Quint. 5, 10, 60; cf.: servus cum manumittitur, libertinus: addictus recepta libertate ingenuus, id. 7, 3, 27: liberorum hominum alii ingenui sunt, alii libertini. Ingenui sunt, qui liberi nati sunt: libertini sunt, qui ex justa servitute manumissi sunt, Gai. Inst. 1, §§ 10 and 11; Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 10 (832): sed ita pars libertinorumst, nisi patrono qui advorsatust, ni illi offecit, etc., id. Pers. 5, 2, 57 (833): Ti. Gracchus libertinos in urbanas tribus transtulit, Cic. de Or. 1, 9, 38; id. Phil. 3, 6 fin.: libertini centuriati, Liv. 10, 21, 4: libertinis detrahenda est auctoritas, Quint. 11, 1, 88: neminem libertinorum adhibitum ab eo cenae, Suet. Aug. 74: primus omnium libertinorum scribere historiam orsus, id. Rhet. 3: quae deberetur cuidam libertino, clienti tuo, id. Caes. 2; cf. id. Claud. 26; Hor. S. 2, 3, 281: unde Mundior exiret vix libertinus honeste, id. ib. 2, 7, 12: libertinis nullo jure uti praetextis licebat, Macr. S. 1, 6, 13.—
  • • 2 Transf., the son of a freedman, opp. libertus, the freedman himself (only acc. to a statement of Suetonius and of Isidore; v. the foll.): ignarus, temporibus Appii et deinceps aliquandiu libertinos dictos non ipsos, qui manumitterentur, sed ingenuos ex his procreatos, Suet. Claud. 24: libertorum filii apud antiquos libertini appellabantur, quasi de libertis nati. Nunc vero libertinus aut a liberto factus aut possessus, Isid. Orig. 9, 4, 47: libertinos ab ingenuis adoptari jure posse, Mas. Sab. ap. Gell. 5, 19, 11.—
  • B lībertīna, ae, f., a freedwoman, Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 16 (962): ingenuamne an libertinam? id. ib. 3, 1, 189 (784): amore libertinae perinfamis, Suet. Vit. 2: aulica, id. Oth. 2; Gai. Inst. 3, § 51: tutior merx est Libertinarum, Hor. S. 1, 2, 48: Myrtale, id. C. 1, 33, 15: Phryne, id. Epod. 14, 15: libertinas ducere, Ulp. Fragm. 13, 1: libertinae quae longa veste uterentur, Macr. S. 1, 6, 13.

lībertīnus, i, v. 1. libertinus, II. A.

lībertīnus, a, um (libertus), zu der Zahl und dem Stande der Freigelassenen gehörig, plebs, Plin.: condicio, ICt. – dah. homo libertinus u. subst. bl. lībertīnus, ī, m., der Freigelassene (in bezug auf seinen Stand und seine Stellung im Staate; vgl. libertus), Komik., Cic. u.a.: libertino patre ortus, Liv. epit.: patre libertino humili fortunā ortus, Liv.: quid est enim eques Romanus aut libertinus aut servus? Sen. – lībertīna, ae, f., die Freigelassene, Plaut., Hor. u. Suet. – Zur Zeit des Appius Klaudius, 307 v. Chr., u. noch eine geraume Zeit nachher bedeutete libertinus den Sohn eines Freigelassenen, und erst der Enkel eines Freigelassenen hatte die ingenuitas. Unter den Kaisern aber waren Söhne der Freigelassenen gleich ingenui, und die Freigelassenen selbst hatten die libertinitas, s. Suet. Claud. 24, 1.

libertinus [CL] , manumitted man, freedman; b son of a freedman. surrexerunt quidam de synagoga ~orum, id est manu missorum, qui primo fidei Christi restiterunt Canon. G. Sempr. 67; fiunt etiam liberi qui dicuntur ~i, illi viz. qui ex justa servitute manumissi sunt. et dicitur ~us quasi liberatus a servitute Bracton 5; 1388 onerat se ‥ de ij s., per vendicionem trium librarum cere redditus assise, debitarum ad festum Sancti Andree, pro libertate quorundam ~orum infra balliam suam ExchScot 165; ffrankelyng, ~us PP; ~us, A. a frankelayn ‥ hic ~us, ille qui fit liber WW.  b ~us, liberti filius Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 325.

1 lībertīnus, (12) a, um (libertus), dʼaffranchi : libertinus homo Cic. Balbo 28, un affranchi [par rapport à la condition sociale], cf. Quint. 5, 10, 60 ; Gaius Inst. 1, 10 et 11 ; libertinus miles Suet. Aug. 25, soldats recrutés parmi les affranchis.

2 lībertīnus, (10) ī, m. , ¶ 1 affranchi, esclave qui a reçu la liberté ; v. libertinus homo ¶ 2 [au temps dʼAppius Claudius] fils dʼaffranchi : Suet. Claud. 24 ; Isid. Orig. 9, 4, 47.

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lībertīnus adj.

• libertus, of the condition of a freedman: ordo, L.: homo, a freedman: mulier, of a freedwoman, L.: libertino patre natus, H.— As substm., a freedman: libertini filius: libertini centuriati, L.

Libertīnus

See libertus.