quilibet

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

quī-lĭbet (-lŭbet), quaelibet, quodlibet, and

I 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 ( Luc. ), 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.

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