licentia
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From licēns (“free, unrestrained”) + -ia, with licēns being the present active participle of licet (“it is allowed or permitted”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /liˈken.ti.a/, [lʲɪˈkɛn̪t̪iä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /liˈt͡ʃen.t͡si.a/, [liˈt͡ʃɛnt̪͡s̪iä]
Noun
[edit]licentia f (genitive licentiae); first declension
- a license, freedom, liberty
- a liberty which one assumes; boldness, presumption
- unrestrained liberty, dissoluteness, licentiousness, wantonness
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | licentia | licentiae |
| genitive | licentiae | licentiārum |
| dative | licentiae | licentiīs |
| accusative | licentiam | licentiās |
| ablative | licentiā | licentiīs |
| vocative | licentia | licentiae |
Synonyms
[edit]- (freedom, liberty): lībertās, pilleus
- (licentiousness): procācitās
- (presumption): arrogantia, praesumptiō
Derived terms
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[edit]References
[edit]- “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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- licentia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.