licentiatus

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /li.ken.tiˈaː.tus/, [lʲɪkɛn̪t̪iˈäːt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /li.t͡ʃen.t͡siˈa.tus/, [lit͡ʃent̪͡s̪iˈäːt̪us]

Etymology 1

From licentiō (“grant leave”) +‎ -tus (action noun suffix).

Noun

licentiātus m (genitive licentiātūs); fourth declension

1. freedom, license

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	licentiātus	licentiātūs
Genitive	licentiātūs	licentiātuum
Dative	licentiātuī	licentiātibus
Accusative	licentiātum	licentiātūs
Ablative	licentiātū	licentiātibus
Vocative	licentiātus	licentiātūs

Descendants

• English: licentiate

Etymology 2

Participle

licentiātus (feminine licentiāta, neuter licentiātum); first/second-declension participle

1. (Medieval Latin) licensed

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	licentiātus	licentiāta	licentiātum		licentiātī	licentiātae	licentiāta
Genitive	licentiātī	licentiātae	licentiātī		licentiātōrum	licentiātārum	licentiātōrum
Dative	licentiātō		licentiātō		licentiātīs
Accusative	licentiātum	licentiātam	licentiātum		licentiātōs	licentiātās	licentiāta
Ablative	licentiātō	licentiātā	licentiātō		licentiātīs
Vocative	licentiāte	licentiāta	licentiātum		licentiātī	licentiātae	licentiāta

Derived terms

• licentiātīvus

References

• “licentiatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• licentiatus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “licentiatus”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill