liberti

LIBERTI, LIBERTINI. These two words were, at different times, made to 
express among the Romans, the condition of those who, having been slaves, 
had been made free. 1 Brown's Civ. Law, 99. There is some distinction 
between these words. By libertus, was understood the freedman, when 
considered in relation to his patron, who had bestowed liberty upon him and 
he was called libertinus, when considered in relation to the state he 
occupied in society since his manumission. Lec. El. Dr. Rom. Sec. 93.