lĭbīdo — Lewis & Short
lĭbīdo or lŭbīdo, ĭnis, f.libet,
I 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.