freedom Copy link Outline I. Liberty1. lībertas2. cīvĭtas (implying privilege as well as mere liberty)II. Release, exemption from1. văcātio (esp. legal exemption)2. immūnĭtas (from dues or duties)3. expr. by căreo, văcoIII. Freedom of manner and bearing • freedom: I. Liberty: 1. lībertas: (a). political and general: to bestow f. on a slave, dare l. servo, Cic.: to lose one's f., perdere l., Pl.: Cic.: no Roman citizen can lose his f. unless he himself authorize the proceeding, nemo civis Romanus l. potest amittere, nisi ipse auctor sit factus, Cic.: to take away a man's f., l. alicui adimere, Cic.: to assert one's f., se in libertatem vindicare, Cic.: to recover f., l. recuperare, Caes.: it is the peculiarity of f. to live as you choose, libertatis proprium est, vivere ut velis, Cic. (b). exemption from burdens: f. of a house from taxation, aedium l., Dig. (c). f. of speech: to satirize with great f., multa cum l. notare, Hor.: to pay the penalty of f. of speech, libertatis poenas pendere, Justin: v. frankness, licence. 2. cīvĭtas (implying privilege as well as mere liberty): v. citizenship. Phr.: a suit affecting the f. of a citizen, liberalis causa, Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 40; liberale judicium, Quint. 6, 3, 32: v. free, (I., fin.): there exists f. of thought and speech, sentire quae velis et quae sentias dicere licet, Tac. H. 1, 1: hence, f. of the press, *libertas quae sentias in publicum proferendi: to give advice with f., audacter monere, Ter. (v. frankly). II. Release, exemption from: 1. văcātio (esp. legal exemption): f. from expense, toil, military service, in short from everything, v. sumptus, laboris, militiae, rerum denique omnium, Cic. Verr. 4, 10, 23: in gen. sense, f. from evils, v. malorum, Sen.: with ab: f. from causes (at law), v. a causis, Cic. Leg. 1, 4, 12. 2. immūnĭtas (from dues or duties): v. exemption. 3. expr. by căreo, văco: v. free (II., fin.): e. g., in this way you will secure f. from many annoyances, *ita multis vacabis molestiis. III. Freedom of manner and bearing: *ingenui ac liberales mores: v. ingenuousness, ease.
FREEDOM Copy link • FREEDOMlibertas (explained by Cic., Parad., 5, 1, 34, potestas vivendi, ut velis, as well of a single individual as of a state; in the latter meaning it is also libertas communis). Cherishing or loving freedom, libertatis amans, libertatis amore incensum esse (stronger term): to procure the freedom of [Vid: To FREE]. To obtain one’s freedom, libertatem accipere: to recover it, libertatem recuperare: to lose one’s freedom, libertatem perdere, amittere: to deprive anybody of his freedom, libertatem alicui eripere: to enjoy freedom, libertatem habere; in libertate esse; liberum et sui juris esse: the love of freedom, libertatis amor: a lover of freedom, libertatis amans: to be a lover of freedom, libertati studere: to be a devoted or ardent lover of freedom, libertatis amore incensum esse or ardere: this is a land of freedom, hic omnibus est aequa libertas (Ter., Ad., 2, 1, 29). Moral liberty, i. e., liberty of the will, arbitrium: arbitrium liberum (the free will to do or act as one likes): potestas (as conceded, either by the law of nature, civil law, or by the will of an individual; mostly with genitive of the word in which that freedom consists): optio (free choice; Vid: LIBERTY). To bestow freedom of choice upon anybody, liberum arbitrium, potestatem, optionem alicui dare or facere: to take away anybody’s freedom (in any matter), alicui adimere potestatem alicujus rei: (he maintained) that there should be in a free state freedom of thinking and speaking, in civitate libera linguam mentemque liberas esse debere (Suet., Tiberius, 28). To use great freedom of speech, est in aliquo summa libertas in oratione: to attack anybody with great freedom of speech, multa cum libertate notare aliquem (†); vocis libertate perstringere aliquem: with too much freedom, libertate intemperantius invehi in aliquem. The freedom of a town (i. e., the right of participating in its franchises), civitas: civitatula (of a small town, Sen., Apol., p. 852): jus civitatis (the right of acquiring the freedom, or entering into the rights of a citizen; Vid: Cic., Caecin., 34, 98; 35, 102; Cic., Arch., 5, 11, etc.). To give anybody the freedom of the city, civitatem alicui dare, impertiri, tribuere; civitatem alicui donare; diploma civitatis alicui offerre (Suet., Ner., 12); aliquem in civitatem accipere or recipere; aliquem inscribere civitati or in civitatem; aliquem in civitatem or in numerum civium asciscere (to receive among the numbers of citizens); civem aliquem facere: to receive the freedom of the city, consequi civitatem; recipi in civitatem; civitate donari; civitati alicui ascribi; in civitatem pervenire: to lose it, civitatem perdere, amittere. Freedom of the press, *libertas sentiendi, quae velis, et quae sentias, litterarum formis exscribendi. The freedom of the press is established or exists in a state, *in civitate sentire, quae velis, et quae sentias, litterarum formis exscribere licet (both after Tac., Hist., 1, 1, 4) :