licet, licēre, licuit

Definitions for licēre

Wheelock's Latin

Verb

1
impersonal, it is permitted, one may; commonly with an infinitive as subject and dative for the person permitted to act., e.g. licet tibi abīre, you may leave, lit., it is permitted for you to leave
English derivatives:
license licentious illicit leisure

Oxford Latin Dictionary

Verb

1
It is permitted, one may: (a) (w. inf.). (b) (w. acc. and inf.). (c) (w. subj.; also. w. ut). (d) (ellipt.).
2
(as the reply to a request or command) Yes, certainly, I will.
3
(usu. w. neut. pron. as subj.) To be permitted. (b) (w. in.+acc., aduersus) to be permitted (against).
4
(w. subj., developing into a conj.) Although. (b) (w. ind.). (c) (without vb.).

Sentences with licēre

Latin to English

Ut saepe fassī sumus, tibi nōn licet Rōmā Athēnās īre.Compare As we have often admitted, you may not (are not permitted to) go from Rome to Athens (lit., to go is not permitted to you).

Et urnam licet frāctam sculpās.Compare And you may carve a broken arm.

Vōbīs licet hīc cēnāre.Compare You are allowed to dine here.

Omne bellum sumi facile, ceterum aegerrume desinere ... incipere cuivis, etiam ignavo licere, deponi, cum victores velint.Compare War is always easy to start, but very hard to end ... anyone, even a coward, may take up arms, but only the victors can say when they are to be laid down.

Conjugation table for licēre

Cactus2000

ACTIVE
Indicative present	Indicative imperfect
liceō licēs licet licēmus licētis licent	licēbam licēbās licēbat licēbāmus licēbātis licēbant
Indicative perfect	Indicative pluperfect
licuī licuistī licuit licuimus licuistis licuērunt / licuēre	licueram licuerās licuerat licuerāmus licuerātis licuerant
Indicative future	Indicative future perfect
licēbō licēbis licēbit licēbimus licēbitis licēbunt	licuerō licueris licuerit licuerimus licueritis licuerint
Subjunctive present	Subjunctive imperfect
liceam liceās liceat liceāmus liceātis liceant	licērem licērēs licēret licērēmus licērētis licērent
Subjunctive perfect	Subjunctive pluperfect
licuerim licueris licuerit licuerimus licueritis licuerint	licuissem licuissēs licuisset licuissēmus licuissētis licuissent
Infinitive present licēre Infinitive perfect licuisse Infinitive future -	Imperative present licē licēte Imperative future licētō licētō licētōte licentō

	PARTICIPLE
	Participle present active
	licēns	licentēs
	licēns	licentēs
	licēns	licentēs
	licēns	licentēs
	licēns	licentēs
	Participle future active
	-	-
	-	-
	-	-
	-	-
	-	-
	Participle perfect passive
	-	-
	-	-
	-	-
	-	-
	-	-
	Gerundive
	licendus	licendī
	licendus	licendī
	licendus	licendī
	licendus	licendī
	licendus	licendī
	Gerund	Supine
	licēre	-
	licēre	-
	licēre
	licēre
	licēre

	PARTICIPLE
	Participle present active
Nom.	licēns	licentēs
Gen.	licentis	licentium
Dat.	licentī	licentibus
Acc.	licentem	licentēs
Abl.	licente	licentibus
	Participle future active
Nom.	-	-
Gen.	-	-
Dat.	-	-
Acc.	-	-
Abl.	-	-
	Participle perfect passive
Nom.	-	-
Gen.	-	-
Dat.	-	-
Acc.	-	-
Abl.	-	-
	Gerundive
Nom.	licendus	licendī
Gen.	licendī	licendōrum
Dat.	licendō	licendīs
Acc.	licendum	licendōs
Abl.	licendō	licendīs
	Gerund	Supine
Nom.	licēre	-
Gen.	licendī	-
Dat.	licendō
Acc.	licendum
Abl.	licendō

Data sources

Notes

Definitions
Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 264.
P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1028.
Word frequencies
Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 120.

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Citation

Chicago (17th ed.)

Allo Contributors. "licet, licēre, licuit (v.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified September 3, 2023. Accessed November 21, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/licet-licere-licuit.