quī-lĭbet (-lŭbet), quaelibet, quodlibet, and
- I. subst. quidlibet, pron. indef., any one who will, any one without distinction, whom you will, no matter who, the first that comes, any, all (class.): quem ament igitur? Sy. Alium quemlibet, any body else, any other, Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 38: quaelibet minima res, any the most trifling circumstance, Cic. Rosc. Am. 3, 8: quemlubet, modo aliquem, id. Ac. 2, 43, 132: quamlibet in partem, Lucr. 1, 292: nomen, the first name that occurs, Hor. S. 1, 2, 126: ars, id. Ep. 2, 2, 8: pars, id. C. 3, 3, 38: si quālibet earum rerum possemus unā esse contenti, any one alone, Quint. 10, 1, 1: quibuslibet temporibus, at all times, Liv. 2, 49: quilibet unus, any one, Liv. 9, 17: quilibet alter agat currus, Ov. M. 2, 388.
Subst.: quidlĭbet, all and every: pictoribus atque poëtis Quidlibet audendi semper fuit aequa potestas, Hor. A. P. 9; id. Ep. 1, 17, 28; Afran. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 20, 45.
- II. In partic., with an accessory contemptuous signif., the first that comes, no matter who, any one: ut enim histrioni actio, saltatori motus, non quilibet, sed certus quidem est datus: sic vita agenda est certo genere quodam, non quolibet, Cic. Fin. 3, 7, 24; id. Div. 2, 34, 70: cum quidlibet ille Garriret, Hor. S. 1, 9, 12: neque cum quolibet hoste res fuit, with no insignificant enemy, Plin. 7, 28, 29, § 104; so, virtutesque non quaslibet faciebat, Vulg. Act. 19, 11: injuria, trifling, Dig. 2, 8, 5.