ilicet
Latin edit
Etymology edit
A contraction from īre (“to go”) + licet (“it is permitted”). Literally “it is permitted to go.” Compare scīlicet and vidēlicet.
Pronunciation edit
(Classical) IPA(key): /ˈiː.li.ket/, [ˈiːlʲɪkɛt̪]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈi.li.t͡ʃet/, [ˈiːlit͡ʃet̪]
Adverb edit
īlicet (not comparable)
- let someone or something go
- it is over
- straightaway, immediately
- Said at the end of a Roman funeral ceremony.
References edit
- “ilicet”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ilicet”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ilicet in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.