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licentia
licentia
Latin
Noun
licentia f (genitive licentiae); first declension
- A license, freedom, liberty.
- A liberty which one assumes; boldness, presumption.
- Unrestrained liberty, dissoluteness, licentiousness, wantonness.
Inflection
First declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | licentia | licentiae |
| genitive | licentiae | licentiārum |
| dative | licentiae | licentiīs |
| accusative | licentiam | licentiās |
| ablative | licentiā | licentiīs |
| vocative | licentia | licentiae |
Synonyms
- (freedom, liberty): lībertās, pilleus
- (licentiousness): procācitās
- (presumption): arrogantia, praesumptiō
Derived terms
- licentiātus
- licentiōsus
Related terms
Descendants
References
- licentia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- licentia in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- LICENTIA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “licentia”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.