Latin

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Etymology

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A contraction from īre (to go) + licet (it is permitted). Literally “it is permitted to go.” Compare scīlicet and vidēlicet.

Pronunciation

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(Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈiː.li.ket/, [ˈiːlʲɪkɛt̪]

Adverb

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īlicet (not comparable)

  1. let someone or something go
  2. it is over
  3. straightaway, immediately
  4. Said at the end of a Roman funeral ceremony.

References

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  • 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.