licentia

Latin

Etymology

From licēns (“unrestrained; licentious”), present active participle of licet (“it is allowed or permitted”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /liˈken.ti.a/, [lʲɪˈkɛn̪t̪iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /liˈt͡ʃen.t͡si.a/, [liˈt͡ʃɛnt̪͡s̪iä]

Noun

licentia f (genitive licentiae); first declension

1. a license, freedom, liberty
2. a liberty which one assumes; boldness, presumption
3. unrestrained liberty, dissoluteness, licentiousness, wantonness

Declension

First-declension noun.

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

• licēns
• licenter
• licentiōsē

• licet
• licitus

Descendants

• English: license
• French: licence
• Italian: licenza

• Polish: licencja
• Portuguese: licença
• Russian: лицензия (licenzija)
• Spanish: licencia

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 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.