adjective

ef-frēnus

fem. ef-frēna · neut. ef-frēnum

(also effrenis mula, Plin. 8, 44, 69, § 171; Sen. de Ira, 3, 15, 2), ex-frenum

free from the bridle; unbridled poetic

free from the bridle, unbridled (not ante Aug., and mostly poet. for effrenatus; cf. also: infrenus, infrenatus).

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Lit.: equus, Liv. 4, 33, 7.—

unbridled; unrestrained figuratively ••

Trop., unbridled, unrestrained: gens, Verg. G. 3, 382: amor, Ov. M. 6, 465: juventa, Stat. Achill. 1, 277: profatu, id. Silv. 5, 3, 103.

Perseus ID: n15277 Key: effrenus