LIBER, liber
Sounds Like: LI-ber
Translations: free, a free person, a book, a volume, bark (of a tree)
From the root: LIBER
Part of Speech: Adjective, Noun
Explanation: The word 'LIBER' is a homograph in Latin, meaning it can refer to different concepts depending on its grammatical gender and context. As an adjective (masculine/feminine 'liber', neuter 'liberum'), it means 'free' or 'unrestrained'. As a masculine noun ('liber, libri'), it means 'a book' or 'a volume'. It can also refer to the inner bark of a tree, from which early writing materials were made, linking to its meaning of 'book'.
Inflection: Adjective: Nominative Singular Masculine; Noun: Nominative Singular Masculine. The adjective form inflects for gender, number, and case (e.g., 'libera' for feminine, 'liberum' for neuter). The noun form inflects for number and case (e.g., 'libri' for genitive singular or nominative plural).
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From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, LIBER.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- LIBRUM — book, a book, scroll, a scroll, treatise, a treatise
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