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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=audentia audentiae N F :: boldness, courage, enterprise; boldness/license of expression
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>audentĭa</b>: ae, f. [[audens]],<br /><b>I</b> [[boldness]], [[courage]], [[spirit]], in a [[good]] [[sense]] ([[only]] postAug. and [[rare]]; syn.: [[audacia]], [[animus]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: [[audacia]] et [[audentia]] hoc diversa sunt, [[quod]] [[audacia]] temeritatis est, [[audentia]] fortitudinis, Non. p. 431, 6: ut [[quisque]] audentiae habuisset, Tac. A. 15, 53: nec defuit [[audentia]] Druso Germanico: sed obstitit [[Oceanus]], id. G. 34: usurpatum [[raro]] et privatā cujusque audentiā, id. ib. 31.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop., [[freedom]] in the [[use]] of words, license: si datur Homero et mollia vocabula et Graeca ad levitatem [[versus]] contrahere, extendere, inflectere, [[cur]] [[tibi]] [[similis]] [[audentia]] non detur? Plin. Ep. 8, 4, 4.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>audentĭa</b>,¹⁴ æ, f. ([[audens]]), hardiesse, audace : Tac. G. 31, etc.; Plin. Min. Ep. 8, 4, 4.
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{{Georges
|georg=audentia, ae, f. ([[audens]]), die Dreistigkeit, Herzhaftigkeit, die Kühnheit, Quint. 12. pr. § 4. Tac. ann. 15, 53 u.a. – insbes., im [[Ausdruck]], Plin. ep. 8, 4, 4.
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