licentia
Dictionary entries
- Entry →licentio, licentiare, licentiavi, licentiatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Latham (Medieval Word List)
- Age:
- Medieval
authorize, permit; dismiss;
sg. pres. act. imp. 2nd - Entry →liceo, licere, licui, licitus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation · Impersonal
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
it is permitted, one may; it is all right, lawful, allowed, permitted;; fetch (price); (with ABL or GEN);
acc. pl. pres. act. part.nom. pl. pres. act. part.voc. pl. pres. act. part. - Entry →licentia, licentiae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
freedom, liberty; license, disorderliness; outspokenness;
abl. sg.nom. sg.voc. sg. - Entry →licens, licentis (gen.), licentior -or -us, licentissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
bold, free, forward, presumptuous; uncurbed, unrestrained in conduct;
acc. pl. (n.)nom. pl. (n.)voc. pl. (n.)
Examples
- P
Adelphoe
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...utinam hic sit modo defunctum! uerum nimia illaec licentia profecto euadet in aliquod magnum malum. ibo ac requiram..." - P
Heauton Timorumenos
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...suave vivere! nam deteriores omnes sumu' licentia. quod quoique quomque inciderit in mentem volet neque id putabit pravom..." - M
Liber IX
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...Thessalicis Pellaeo fecimus aruis ius gladio? uestris quaesita licentia regnis? non tuleram Magnum mecum Romana regentem: te, Ptolemaee..." - M
Liber VI
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...effuso laxat tentoria campo, 270mutandaeque iuuat permissa licentia terrae.sic pleno Padus ore tumens super aggere tutasexcurrit ripas..." - M
Liber I
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...minantia pilis. quis furor, o ciues, quae tanta licentia ferri?gentibus inuisis Latium praebere cruoremcumque superba foret Babylon..." - A
Liber XX
Aulus Gellius
"...inprudentem poterit imitari, qui in exsequenda talione non licentiae ius habet, sed inprudentiae? XVII. Sed et si prudens..." - A
Liber XI
Aulus Gellius
"...vehementibus et inlustribus verbis de inpunitate peculatu atque licentia conqueritur. Ea verba, quoniam nobis inpense placuerant, adscripsimus: "Fures..." - T
Rudens
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...opust.— DAEM. Licet. Hercules istum infelicet cum sua licentia; ita meas replevit auris, quidquid memorabam, licet. IV.vii GRIPVS..."
