humour (subs.) Copy link Outline I. Turn of mind or inclination1. ingĕnium (including the entire mind and disposition)2. lĭbīdo, ĭnis, f. (fancy, caprice)3. expr. by lĭbet, uit, 2 (with dat. of subjectII. TemperIII. HumorousnessIV. Any watery substance • humour (subs.): I. Turn of mind or inclination: 1. ingĕnium (including the entire mind and disposition): to live after one's own h., ing. suo vivere, Liv. 3, 36, init.: such is (his) h., ita est ingenium, Ter. Ph. 1, 2, 20: v. disposition. 2. lĭbīdo, ĭnis, f. (fancy, caprice): they govern (us) according to their h., ex sua l. moderantur, Ter. Heaut. 2, 1, 4: while this h. lasts, dum l. haec eadem manet, Ter. Ph. 5, 4, 4: v. caprice. 3. expr. by lĭbet, uit, 2 (with dat. of subject: to be in the h. to do anything): I am not in the h. to write more, non libet [sc. mihi] plura scribere, Cic. Att. 2, 18, med.: why? because such is my h., quamobrem? quia libet, Ter. Andr. 5, 2, 20: sometimes with dat. animo, Pl. As. 1, 1, 92: Ter. Phr.: from the h. I saw your father was in, ut patrem tuum vidi esse habitum, Ter. Heaut. 2, 4, 22: according to (his) h. at the moment, utcunque praesens movit affectio, Curt. 7, 1, med.: such is the man's h., ita homo est, Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 63: every one to his h., *suum cuique studium ac voluntas (cf. Hor. S. 2, 1, 27, quot capitum vivunt, totidem studiorum millia). II. Temper: in phr. good, bad h.: expr. by hĭlăris (hilarus) and tristis: come! drop your ill-temper, and be in a good h. over your son's wedding, jam vero omitte tuam istanc iracundiam; atque hilarum [ac libentem] fac te gnati in nuptiis, Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 38: he is in a bad h. about something or other, nescio quid tristis est, Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 7: Pl.: v. cheerfulness. III. Humorousness: no precise word: perh., facetiae dulces festivaeque: cf. humorous (1). IV. Any watery substance: hūmor: v. moisture.