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libidine

libidine is a Latin form of libido, meaning “desire, lust”. It is the ablative singular feminine noun.

Found 138 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, In C. Verrem 2.1.57: … tteris definiri vides. certe maior est virtutis victoriaeque iucunditas quam ista voluptas quae percipitur ex libidine et cupiditate. multo diligentius habere dico Servilium praedam populi Romani quam te tua furta notata atque p …

Seneca the Younger, Epistulae 15.95.21: … visceribus per os reddunt et vinum omne vomitu remetiuntur; aeque nivem rodunt, solacium stomachi aestuantis. Libidine vero ne maribus quidem cedunt, pati natae, di illas deaeque male perdant! Adeo perversum commentae genus inpu …

All forms of libido (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.