liceor

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *leyk- (“to prepare for sale”). Cognate with licet (see there for more) and liceō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈli.ke.or/, [ˈlʲɪkeɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈli.t͡ʃe.or/, [ˈliːt͡ʃeor]

Verb

liceor (present infinitive licērī, perfect active licitus sum); second conjugation, deponent

1. (transitive, intransitive, at an auction) to bid (for), make an offer (for)
2. (figuratively) to value, appraise, estimate

Conjugation

   Conjugation of liceor (second conjugation, deponent)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	liceor		licēris, licēre		licētur		licēmur		licēminī		licentur
	imperfect	licēbar		licēbāris, licēbāre		licēbātur		licēbāmur		licēbāminī		licēbantur
	future	licēbor		licēberis, licēbere		licēbitur		licēbimur		licēbiminī		licēbuntur
	perfect	licitus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	licitus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	licitus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	licear		liceāris, liceāre		liceātur		liceāmur		liceāminī		liceantur
	imperfect	licērer		licērēris, licērēre		licērētur		licērēmur		licērēminī		licērentur
	perfect	licitus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	licitus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		licēre		—		—		licēminī		—
	future	—		licētor		licētor		—		—		licentor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		licērī			—			licēns			—
future		licitūrum esse			—			licitūrus			licendus
perfect		licitum esse			—			licitus			—
future perfect		licitum fore			—			—			—
perfect potential		licitūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		licendī		licendō		licendum		licendō		licitum		licitū

Derived terms

• licitor
• polliceor

References

• “liceor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “liceor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• liceor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 669