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licet
licet
Latin
Verb
licet (present infinitive licēre, perfect active licuit, supine licitum); second conjugation, impersonal
- (with dative) it is allowed; one is permitted.
- Licetne pauca?
- May I speak a word with you? (literally: Are a few [words] permitted?)
- Licetne pauca?
Inflection
| Conjugation of licet (second conjugation, mostly impersonal, active only) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | — | licet | — | — | licent |
| imperfect | — | — | licēbat | — | — | licēbant | |
| future | — | — | licēbit | — | — | — | |
| perfect | — | — | licuit, licitum est | — | — | — | |
| pluperfect | — | — | licuerat, licitum erat | — | — | — | |
| future perfect | — | — | licuerit, licitum erat | — | — | — | |
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | — | liceat | — | — | liceant |
| imperfect | — | — | licēret | — | — | — | |
| perfect | — | — | licuerit, licitum erit | — | — | — | |
| pluperfect | — | — | licuisset, licitum esset | — | — | — | |
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| future | — | licētō | licētō | — | — | — | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | licēre | licuisse, licitum esse | licitūrum esse | — | — | — | |
| participles | licēns | licitus | licitūrus | — | — | — | |
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- licet in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- licet in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “licet”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- this much I can vouch for: illud pro certo affirmare licet
- allow me to say: pace tua dixerim or dicere liceat
- I have no objection: per me licet
- this much I can vouch for: illud pro certo affirmare licet
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume II, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 669