licitas
Dictionary entries
- Entry →licitus, licita, licitum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
lawful, permitted;
acc. pl. (f.) - Entry →liceor, liceri, licitus sum:
Verb · 2nd conjugation · Deponent
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
bid on/for, bid, bid at auction; make a bid;
acc. pl. perf. part. - Entry →liceo, licere, licui, licitus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation · Impersonal
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
it is permitted, one may; it is all right, lawful, allowed, permitted;
acc. pl. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Capitula
Aulus Gellius
"...scripserunt; atque inibi adscriptum, quod aput Aegyptios furta licita et permissa sunt, aput Lacedaemonios autem cum studio quoque..."Liber XI
Aulus Gellius
"...scripserunt; atque inibi adscriptum, quod aput Aegyptios furta licita et permissa sunt, aput Lacedaemonios autem cum studio quoque..."Liber XV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...tecta consonare cantu et luminibus clarescere. ipse per licita atque inlicita foedatus nihil flagitii reliquerat, quo corruptior ageret..."
