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.
