perlibet

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

per-lĭbet or -lŭbet, ēre,

I v. impers. , it is very pleasing or agreeable , I should very much like : colloqui, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 53: scire, id. Rud. 2, 3, 23.

II —Hence, perlĭ-bens ( -lŭbens ), entis, P. a., doing or seeing a thing very willingly , i. e. with good will or pleasure : ausculto perlubens, Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 50; 4, 3, 34: me perlubente allisus est, to my great delight , Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 6, 6.—Hence, adv.: perlĭbenter ( per-lŭbenter ), very willingly , with great pleasure , Cic. Univ. 1; id. Att. 8, 14, 2; cf. id. Fam. 7, 14.