liking (subs.) Copy link • liking (subs.): lĭbīdo, inis, (mere irrational propensity): according to each one's l., prout cuique l. est, Hor. S. 2, 6, 67: a l. for the lute or for singing, citharae, cantus l., Plin. 30, 2, 5 (but the Lat. is stronger than the Eng.): esp. in phr. ex l., according to one's l., Tac. A. 4, 46; ad l. (in slightly diff. sense), Cic. Fin. 1, 6, 19: v. caprice. Phr.: the wines of that coast are not to my l., vina nihil moror illius orae, Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 16: every one to his l., quot capitum vivunt, totidem studiorum millia, id. Sat. 2, 1, 27; similem habent labra lactucam, M. Crass. in Hier. (prov.); in somewhat diff. sense, trahit sua quemque voluptas, Virg. E. 2, 65.