licentia
Latin
Etymology
From licēns (“free, unrestrained”) + -ia, with licēns being the present active participle of licet (“it is allowed or permitted”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [lɪˈkɛn.ti.a]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [liˈt͡ʃɛn.t͡si.a]
Participle
licentia
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of licēns
Adjective
licentia
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of licēns
Noun
licentia f (genitive licentiae); first declension
- license; freedom; liberty
- a liberty which one assumes; boldness; presumption
- Synonyms: arrogantia, praesūmptiō
- unrestrained liberty; dissoluteness; licentiousness; wantonness
- Synonym: procācitās
Declension
First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | licentia | licentiae |
| genitive | licentiae | licentiārum |
| dative | licentiae | licentiīs |
| accusative | licentiam | licentiās |
| ablative | licentiā | licentiīs |
| vocative | licentia | licentiae |
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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, 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.