ilicet

Latin

Etymology

A contraction from īre (“to go”) + licet (“it is permitted”). Literally “it is permitted to go.” Compare scīlicet and vidēlicet.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈiː.li.ket/, [ˈiːlʲɪkɛt̪]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈi.li.t͡ʃet/, [ˈiːlit͡ʃet̪]

Adverb

īlicet (not comparable)

let someone or something go
it is over
straightaway, immediately
Said at the end of a Roman funeral ceremony.

References

“ilicet”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“ilicet”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
ilicet in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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