The corpus record — Latin

effreno

to unbridle

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Where it lives

Pescennius Niger 1 · 4.39/10k
Agamemnon 2 · 3.6/10k
Panegyricus de quarto consulatu Honorii Augusti 1 · 2.52/10k
de Bello Gothico 1 · 2.48/10k
Severus 1 · 2.37/10k
In Rufinum 1 · 1.75/10k
In L. Catilinam 2 · 1.59/10k
De haruspicum responso in P. Clodium in Senatu Habita 1 · 1.33/10k
De Tranquillitate Animi 1 · 1.32/10k
De Senectute 1 · 1.21/10k
Pro M. Caelio 1 · 1.18/10k
Dialogus de Oratoribus 1 · 1.08/10k

Densest 12 of 44 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ef-frēno — Lewis & Short

ef-frēno or ecfr-, no

I perf., ātum, 1, v. a., to unbridle, let loose (very rare).— Poet. transf.: Vulturnum Effrenat, Sil. 9, 496.—Far more freq., effrēnātus, a, um, P. a.

I Unbridled, without a rein: equi, Liv. 40, 40, 5: equi velut effrenati passim incerto cursu feruntur, id. 37, 41, 10.—

II Transf., ungoverned, unrestrained, unruly (a favorite word of Cicero): homines secundis rebus effrenatos tamquam in gyrum rationis duci oportere, Cic. Off. 1, 26, 90: populi soluti effrenatique, id. Rep. 1, 34; cf.: libido effrenata et indomita, id. Clu. 6; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 24: cupiditas effrenata ac furiosa, id. Cat. 1, 10; and: mens effrenata atque praeceps, id. Cael. 15, 35; so, libertas, Liv. 34, 49 et saep.: insolentiă multitudo, Cic. Rep. 1, 42 fin.; cf. id. Tusc. 3, 5, 11: ferocia, id. ib. 5, 8: violentia, id. Phil. 12, 11: petulantia, Plin. Ep. 4, 25 fin.: mente, Vulg. 2 Macc. 13, 9 et saep.—Comp.: vox (with libera), Cic. de Or. 3, 53 fin.: libido (Appii), Liv. 3, 50: iracundia, Quint. 9, 2, 3.—Sup.: affectus, Sen. Ep. 88.—Adv.: ef-frēnāte, unrestrainedly, violently, Cic. de Sen. 12, 39.—Comp., id. Phil. 14, 9, 26.— Sup. appears not to occur.

In the wild

effreno Livy, Ab urbe condita 1.4.33.7
effrenatum Historia Augusta, Severus 11
effrena Statius, Silvae 5.2.68
effrenatiorem Livy, Ab urbe condita 1.3.50.7
effrenata Pliny the Younger, Letters 4.25.5
effrenatam Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 30.4.16

6 of 69 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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