liberal Copy link Outline I. Free in giving1. lībĕrālis, e2. largus (in good or bad sense; including both the liberalis and the prodigus, Cic. Off. 2, 16, 55)3. bĕnignus (bounteous, generous; opp. to malignus)4. mūnĭfĭcus (usu. on a large scale)II. AbundantIII. Appertaining to free citizensIV. Free, unbiassed • liberal: I. Free in giving: 1. lībĕrālis, e: l. with money, pecuniae l., Sall. Cat. 7: with in and acc. of the person towards whom, Suet. Vesp. 7. Join: beneficus liberalisque; munificus et l.; largus, beneficus, l., Cic. 2. largus (in good or bad sense; including both the liberalis and the prodigus, Cic. Off. 2, 16, 55): Tac. 3. bĕnignus (bounteous, generous; opp. to malignus): v. generous (II., 2). 4. mūnĭfĭcus (usu. on a large scale): to be l. in giving, m. esse in dando, Cic. Off. 2, 18, 64: cf. supr. (1). Phr.: to be l. with what is not one's own, largiri ex alieno, Cic. Fam. 3, 8, ad fin. II. Abundant: largus: v. copious. III. Appertaining to free citizens: Phr.: the l. arts, liberales artes; liberales doctrinae ingenuaeque, cf. Cic. de Or. 3, 32, 127; ingenua studia atque artes, id. Fin. 5, 18, 48; ingenuae et humanae artes, id. de Or. 3, 6, 21. IV. Free, unbiassed: ingĕnuus, candĭdus: v. candid.
LIBERAL Copy link • LIBERALBountiful, largus (that gives largely from his own property); largitor (the largus, with a selfish or unworthy end in view); liberalis (the largus, when he gives from good motives and with a noble end in view; opposed to prodigus, Vid: Cic., Off., 2, 16, 55); beneficus, benignus (the former, kind in deed; the latter, kind in disposition, but frequently for beneficus; ☞ Cic., Deiot., 9, 26); largus, beneficus, liberalis; munificus (that makes presents to others without reckoning on a return). (The words are found in this connection and order.) largus et liberalis; liberalis et munificus; liberalissimus munificentissimusque; beneficus liberalisque liberalissimus et beneficentissimus. Not liberal, restrictus (Cic., Off., 2, 18, 62; ad Div., 3, 8, 8): too liberal, prodigus, effusus, profusus (that knows not how to observe moderation in giving): to be liberal toward anyone, largum, liberalem, beneficum esse in aliquem: to be very liberal, magna esse liberalitate: liberal in money, liberalis pecuniae: to be liberal with anything, largam alicujus rei copiam concedere: to be liberal from another person’s property, largiri ex or de alieno: to be liberal in anything, sumtibus non parcere in re: in a liberal manner, large; liberaliter. (The words are found in this connection and order.) large liberaliterque benigne; munifice. (The words are found in this connection and order.) munifice et large: to be too liberal in praising anyone, *praeter modum aliquem laudare; *nimium esse in alicujus laudibus; tribuere alicui laudem immodicam (after Pseudo-Cic. ad Brut., 1, 15, med.): to be too liberal in decreeing honors, in decernendis honoribus nimium esse, et tamquam prodigum. Generous, ingenuous, ingenuus; liberalis: bonus. The liberal arts, etc., artes or doctrinae ingenuae, liberales, bonae. Plentiful, amplus; largus; benignus (Hor.).