quidlibet

quī-lĭbet ( -lŭbet ), quaelibet, quodlibet, and subst. quidlibet, pron. indef., any one who will, any one without distinction, whom you will, no matter who, the first that comes, any, all (class.): quem ament igitur? Sy. Alium quemlibet, any body else, any other, Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 38:

quaelibet minima res,

any the most trifling circumstance, Cic. Rosc. Am. 3, 8:

quemlubet, modo aliquem,

id. Ac. 2, 43, 132:

quamlibet in partem,

Lucr. 1, 292:

nomen,

the first name that occurs, Hor. S. 1, 2, 126:

ars,

id. Ep. 2, 2, 8:

pars,

id. C. 3, 3, 38:

si quālibet earum rerum possemus unā esse contenti,

any one alone, Quint. 10, 1, 1:

quibuslibet temporibus,

at all times, Liv. 2, 49: quilibet unus, any one, Liv. 9, 17:

quilibet alter agat currus,

Ov. M. 2, 388.— Subst.: quidlĭbet, all and every:

pictoribus atque poëtis Quidlibet audendi semper fuit aequa potestas,

Hor. A. P. 9; id. Ep. 1, 17, 28; Afran. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 20, 45.—

II.

In partic., with an accessory contemptuous signif., the first that comes, no matter who, any one:

ut enim histrioni actio, saltatori motus, non quilibet, sed certus quidem est datus: sic vita agenda est certo genere quodam, non quolibet,

Cic. Fin. 3, 7, 24; id. Div. 2, 34, 70:

cum quidlibet ille Garriret,

Hor. S. 1, 9, 12:

neque cum quolibet hoste res fuit,

with no insignificant enemy, Plin. 7, 28, 29, § 104; so,

virtutesque non quaslibet faciebat,

Vulg. Act. 19, 11:

injuria,

trifling, Dig. 2, 8, 5.