The corpus record — Latin

licentiosus

licentiosus · adj

full of freedom

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Metamorphoses 5 · 0.94/10k
Excerpta Controversiae 1 · 0.47/10k
Epistulae. Selections. 2 · 0.43/10k
Institutio Oratoria 1 · 0.06/10k

What it meant

lĭcentĭōsus — Lewis & Short

lĭcentĭōsus, a, um, adj.licentia,

I full of freedom or license, over-free, unbridled, unrestrained, wanton, licentious (post-Aug.): (ebor dicere) non minus est licentiosum, quam si sulfuri et gutturi subicerent in genitivo litteram o mediam, * Quint. 1, 6, 23: temeritas, App. M. 5, p. 165, 11.— Comp.: conversatio cum viris licentiosior, Sen. Excerpt. Contr. 6, 8, § 5.—Sup.: libidini licentiosissimum spatium praebere, Aug. adv. Pelag. 2, 7.—Adv.: lĭcentĭōsē (late Lat. and rare), Aug. Gen. ad Lit. 8, 11.

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