German

Noun

Libido f

1. libido (sexual urges or drives)

English

Noun

libido ‎(countable and uncountable, plural libidos)

1. (common usage) Sexual urges or drives.

   Good grief man, control your libido!

2. (psychology) Drives or mental energies related to or based on sexual instincts but not necessarily sexual in and of themselves.

   For Freudians, libido means the desire to "unite and bind" with objects in the world.

   The ego as an organ which seeks to synthesize thoughts in the psyche is said to be driven by libido or eros.

Synonyms

• horniness (vulgar)

Antonyms

• (in common usage): boredom

See also

• nymphomaniac, hypersexuality, masturbator

Translations

French

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin libīdō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li.bi.do/

Noun

libido f ‎(usually uncountable, plural libidos)

1. libido

Derived terms

• libidinal

Italian

Noun

libido f ‎(invariable)

1. (psychoanalysis) libido

See also

• libidine

Anagrams

• bolidi

Latin

Alternative forms

• lubīdō

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /liˈbiː.doː/, [lɪˈbiː.doː]

Noun

libīdō f ‎(genitive libīdinis); third declension

1. pleasure, inclination, fancy, longing
2. caprice, passion, wantonness
3. lust, sensuality
   • c. 4 BCE – 65 CE, Seneca the Younger, De brevitate vitae 7

     In primis autem et illos numero qui nulli rei nisi uino ac libidini uacant; nulli enim turpius occupati sunt.

     But among the worst I count also those who have time for nothing but wine and lust; for none have more shameful engrossments.

Inflection

Third declension.

Derived terms

• libīdinōsus

Related terms

• libet
• libīdinōsē
• libita

Descendants

• English: libido
• French: libido
• Italian: libido
• Russian: либи́до ‎(libído)
• Spanish: libido

References

• libido in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• libido in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “libido”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • anger is defined as a passionate desire for revenge: iracundiam sic (ita) definiunt, ut ulciscendi libidinem esse dicant or ut u. libido sit or iracundiam sic definiunt, ulc. libidinem
    
  • to be carried away by one's passions: libidine ferri
    
  • to abandon oneself (entirely) to debauchery: se (totum) libidinibus dedere
    
  • to bridle one's desires: refrenare cupiditates, libidines
    
  • to arouse some one's lust: libidinem alicuius excitare
    
  • the passions win the day: libido dominatur (Or. 65. 219)
    
  • the storm of passion has abated: libido consēdit
    

Portuguese

Noun

libido f (plural libidos)

1. (psychology) libido (sexual urges or drives)
2. (psychology) libido (drives based on sexual instincts)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Latin libīdō

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lǐbido/
• Hyphenation: li‧bi‧do

Noun

lìbido m ‎(Cyrillic spelling лѝбидо)

1. libido

Declension

Related terms

• lȉbidinōzan

Slovene

Etymology

From Latin libīdō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlíːbidɔ/
• Tonal orthography: lȋbido

Noun

líbido m inan ‎(genitive líbida, nominative plural líbidi)

1. libido

Declension

Derived terms

• libidinózen

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li.ˈbi.do/, [li.ˈβi.ðo]

Noun

libido m ‎(plural libidos)

1. libido, sex drive