libido

lĭbīdo or lŭbīdo, ĭnis, f. [libet], pleasure, desire, eagerness, longing, fancy, inclination (cf.: appetitio, optatio, cupiditas, cupido, studium).

I.

In gen.:

ubilubido veniet nauseae,

Cato, R. R. 156, 4; Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 26; Lucr. 4, 779:

ex bonis (perturbationibus) libidinem et laetitiam, ut sit laetitia praesentium bonorum, libido futurorum,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 6, 11:

ipsa iracundia libidinis est pars: sic enim definitur iracundia, ulciscendi libido,

id. ib. 3, 5, 11; id. Fin. 3, 9, 32:

non omnibus delendi urbem libido erat,

Liv. 5, 42:

juventus magis in decoris armis et militaribus equis quam in scortis atque conviviis libidinem habebat,

delighted in, Sall. C. 7:

tanta libido cum Mario eundi plerosque invaserat,

id. J. 84; id. ib. 86:

tanta libidine vulgi auditur,

Juv. 7, 85:

rarus sermo illis, et magna libido tacendi,

id. 2, 14:

urinae lacessit,

Gell. 19, 4: est lubido with inf. ( = libet, ante-class.):

est lubido orationem audire,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 1, 25; 4, 2, 23:

est lubido homini suo animo opsequi,

id. Bacch. 3, 3, 11; id. Men. 1, 1, 7; id. Ep. 2, 2, 56 al.—

II.

In partic.

A.

Unlawful or inordinate desire, passion, caprice, wilfulness, wantonness:

ingenium est omnium hominum ab labore proclive ad libidinem,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 51:

ad libidinem suam vexare aliquem,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 49, 141: fortuna res cunctas ex lubidine magis, quam ex vero celebrat obscuratque, arbitrarily, according to pleasure or caprice, Sall. C. 8:

quod positum est in alterius voluntate, ne dicam libidine,

Cic. Fam. 9, 16, 3:

ad libidinem aliorum judicare,

id. Font. 12, 26; id. Fin. 1, 6, 19:

instruitur acies ad libidinem militum,

Liv. 25, 21.—

B.

Sensual desire, lust (the usual meaning in plur.):

procreandi,

Cic. Off. 1, 17, 53:

libidinis ministri,

id. Lael. 10, 35:

commiscendorum corporum mirae libidines,

id. N. D. 2, 51, 128:

qui voluptatum libidine feruntur,

id. Tusc. 3, 2, 4:

qui feruntur libidine,

id. ib. 3, 5, 11:

libidine accendi,

Sall. C. 28:

mala libido Lucretiae per vim stuprandae,

Liv. 1, 57; Suet. Aug. 69; id. Galb. 22; Col. 8, 11, 6:

eadem summis pariter minimisque libido,

Juv. 6, 349:

saltante libidine,

i. e. passion goading on, id. 6, 318.—Esp., of unnatural lust, Suet. Aug. 71; Paul. Sent. 5, 23, 13. —Of unbridled indulgence:

vinulentiam ac libidines, grata barbaris, usurpans,

Tac. A. 11, 16.—Hence,

2.

Transf. (abstr. pro concreto): libidines, voluptuous or obscene representations in painting and sculpture, Cic. Leg. 3, 13, 31:

in poculis libidines caelare juvit,

Plin. 33 praef. §

4: pinxit et libidines,

id. 35, 10, 36, § 72.