licitus
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Perfect passive participle of licet (“is allowed, permitted”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈli.ki.tus/, [ˈlʲɪkɪt̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈli.t͡ʃi.tus/, [ˈliːt͡ʃit̪us]
Participle
[edit]licitus (feminine licita, neuter licitum); first/second-declension participle
- allowed, permitted, having been permitted.
- permissible
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | licitus | licita | licitum | licitī | licitae | licita | |
| genitive | licitī | licitae | licitī | licitōrum | licitārum | licitōrum | |
| dative | licitō | licitae | licitō | licitīs | |||
| accusative | licitum | licitam | licitum | licitōs | licitās | licita | |
| ablative | licitō | licitā | licitō | licitīs | |||
| vocative | licite | licita | licitum | licitī | licitae | licita | |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- English: licit
- French: licite
- Italian: lecito
- Spanish: lícito
- Portuguese: lícito
- Romanian: licit
- Sicilian: lìcitu
References
[edit]- “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.