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audentĭa , ae, f. audens,
I.boldness, courage, spirit, in a good sense (only postAug. and rare; syn.: audacia, animus).
I. Lit.: “audacia et audentia hoc diversa sunt, quod audacia temeritatis est, audentia fortitudinis,” Non. p. 431, 6: “ut quisque audentiae habuisset,” Tac. A. 15, 53: “nec defuit audentia Druso Germanico: sed obstitit Oceanus,” id. G. 34: “usurpatum raro et privatā cujusque audentiā,” id. ib. 31.—
II. Trop., freedom in the use of words, license: “si datur Homero et mollia vocabula et Graeca ad levitatem versus contrahere, extendere, inflectere, cur tibi similis audentia non detur?” Plin. Ep. 8, 4, 4.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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