effreno

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.

I.

Unbridled, without a rein:

equi,

Liv. 40, 40, 5:

equi velut effrenati passim incerto cursu feruntur,

id. 37, 41, 10.—

II.

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.