(v. a.P. a.) : ef-frēno or ecfr-, no
* 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.
* Unbridled, without a rein: equi,Liv. 40, 40, 5: equi velut effrenati passim incerto cursu feruntur,id. 37, 41, 10.
* 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.

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