licentiosus
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From licentia (“licence, freedom”) + -ōsus (“full of”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /li.ken.tiˈoː.sus/, [lʲɪkɛn̪t̪iˈoːs̠ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /li.t͡ʃen.t͡siˈo.sus/, [lit͡ʃent̪͡s̪iˈɔːs̬us]
Adjective[edit]
licentiōsus (feminine licentiōsa, neuter licentiōsum, comparative licentiōsior, superlative licentiōsissimus); first/second-declension adjective
- licentious, full of freedom, free, unbridled, unrestrained, wanton
- Synonyms: intemperāns (“intemperate”), lascīviōsus (“lascivious”, literally “full of playfulness”), lascīvus (“wanton”, literally “playful”), libīdinōsus (“libidinous”, literally “full of desire”), licēns (“free”)
Declension[edit]
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | licentiōsus | licentiōsa | licentiōsum | licentiōsī | licentiōsae | licentiōsa | |
| Genitive | licentiōsī | licentiōsae | licentiōsī | licentiōsōrum | licentiōsārum | licentiōsōrum | |
| Dative | licentiōsō | licentiōsō | licentiōsīs | ||||
| Accusative | licentiōsum | licentiōsam | licentiōsum | licentiōsōs | licentiōsās | licentiōsa | |
| Ablative | licentiōsō | licentiōsā | licentiōsō | licentiōsīs | |||
| Vocative | licentiōse | licentiōsa | licentiōsum | licentiōsī | licentiōsae | licentiōsa | |
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References[edit]
- “licentiosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- licentiosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.