licitus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of licet (“is allowed, permitted”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈli.ki.tus/, [ˈlʲɪkɪt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈli.t͡ʃi.tus/, [ˈliːt͡ʃit̪us]

Participle

licitus (feminine licita, neuter licitum); first/second-declension participle

1. allowed, permitted, having been permitted.
2. permissible

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	licitus	licita	licitum		licitī	licitae	licita
Genitive	licitī	licitae	licitī		licitōrum	licitārum	licitōrum
Dative	licitō		licitō		licitīs
Accusative	licitum	licitam	licitum		licitōs	licitās	licita
Ablative	licitō	licitā	licitō		licitīs
Vocative	licite	licita	licitum		licitī	licitae	licita

Derived terms

• illicitus

Descendants

• English: licit
• French: licite
• Italian: lecito
• Spanish: lícito
• Portuguese: lícito
• Romanian: licit
• Sicilian: lìcitu

References

• “licitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “licitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• licitus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• licitus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.