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|lshtext=<b>ef-frēno</b>: or ecfr-, no<br /><b>I</b> 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.<br /><b>I</b> Unbridled, [[without]] a [[rein]]: equi, Liv. 40, 40, 5: equi [[velut]] effrenati [[passim]] [[incerto]] cursu feruntur, id. 37, 41, 10.—<br /><b>II</b> 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; id. 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]].

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