Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Ad libitum (/ædˈlɪbᵻtəm/) is Latin for \"at one's pleasure\"; it is often shortened to \"ad lib\" (as an adjective or adverb) or \"ad-lib\" (as a verb or noun). The roughly synonymous phrase a bene placito (\"in accordance with [one's] good pleasure\") is less common but, in its Italian form a piacere, entered the musical lingua franca (see below).The phrase \"at liberty\" is often associated mnemonically (because of the alliteration of the lib- syllable), although it is not the translation (there is no cognation between libitum and liber). Libido is the etymologically closer cognate known in English."@en }
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- Ad_libitum abstract "Ad libitum (/ædˈlɪbᵻtəm/) is Latin for \"at one's pleasure\"; it is often shortened to \"ad lib\" (as an adjective or adverb) or \"ad-lib\" (as a verb or noun). The roughly synonymous phrase a bene placito (\"in accordance with [one's] good pleasure\") is less common but, in its Italian form a piacere, entered the musical lingua franca (see below).The phrase \"at liberty\" is often associated mnemonically (because of the alliteration of the lib- syllable), although it is not the translation (there is no cognation between libitum and liber). Libido is the etymologically closer cognate known in English.".