Liber

See also: liber, libër, li ber, and Liber.

English

Proper noun

Liber

(Roman mythology) A god of viticulture and wine, as well as male fertility and freedom.

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ- (“to grow”). Cognates include: Ancient Greek ἐλεύθερος (eleútheros), Sanskrit रोधति (rodhati), German Leute, Russian люди (ljudi, “people”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈliː.ber/, [ˈlʲiːbɛr]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈli.ber/, [ˈliːber]

Proper noun

Līber m sg (genitive Līberī); second declension

(Roman myth) An Italic deity of planting and fruiting; associated with the Roman Bacchus.

Declension

Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er), singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Līber
Genitive	Līberī
Dative	Līberō
Accusative	Līberum
Ablative	Līberō
Vocative	Līber

References

“Līber”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“Liber”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Liber in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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