licitos
Dictionary entries
- Entry →licitus, licita, licitum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
lawful, permitted;
acc. pl. (m.) - 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
FRAGMENTA
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...armata sedet circum fera limina nuptae, Nil metuit licito fusa puella toro. Quod satiare potest, diues natura ministrat..."
Liber Octavus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...tibi quos,' inquit, 'manes, qui limite praeceps non licito per inane ruis?' subit ille minantem iam tenuis uisu..."Aeneid VIII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...Achates. congressi iungunt dextras mediisque residunt aedibus et licito tandem sermone fruuntur. rex prior haec: 'maxime Teucrorum ductor..."
