lībĕrālĭtas — Lewis & Short
lībĕrālĭtas, ātis, f.1. liber,
I a way of thinking befitting a freeman; a noble, kind, or friendly disposition, noble spirit, kindness, affability.
I In gen. (rare):
liberalitate liberos retinere satius est, quam metu,Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 32:
qui ita vivunt, ut eorum probetur fides, liberalitas,kindness, Cic. Lael. 5, 19:
(L. Cassius) homo, non liberalitate, ut alii, sed ipsa tristitia et severitate popularis,id. Brut. 25, 97.—
II In partic., generosity, liberality (the usual signif. of the word;
syn.: bonitas, beneficentia, benignitas): beneficentia, quam eandem vel benignitatem vel liberalitatem appellari licet,Cic. Off. 1, 7, 20:
liberalitas ac benignitas,id. de Or. 2, 25, 105:
magnificentia liberalitatis,id. Rosc. Com. 8, 24:
ut ea liberalitate utamur, quae prosit amicis, noceat nemini,id. Off. 1, 14, 43:
quid dicam de pietate in matrem, liberalitate in sorores?id. Lael. 3, 11:
liberalitatis virtutes,Quint. 6 prooem. § 6: illa quidam catachresis volunt esse, cum ... pro luxuria liberalitas dicitur;
a quibus equidem dissentio,id. 8, 6, 36.—
B Transf. (abstr. pro concr.), a gift, present (post-Aug.):
decima parte liberalitatis apud quemque eorum relicta,Tac. H. 1, 20; Suet. Tib. 46: unaque et altera liberalitate locupletavit, id. Vit. Hor.—Plur.:
revocatae liberalitates ejus,gifts, grants, Suet. Claud. 29:
liberalitates Neronis revocandas curavit,id. Galb. 15.