licet.
to be allowed; to be permitted
Meaning & usage
to be allowed; to be permitted
Licetne pauca?
Quod licet Iovī, nōn licet bovī
although, even if
Where this word comes from
Uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-Italic *likēt, from Proto-Indo-European *lik-eh₁-yéti, from a root of the shape *leyk-, though there are no certain cognates outside of Italic. Cognate with liceor, liceō, Oscan 𐌋𐌝𐌊𐌝𐌕𐌖𐌃 (líkítud, “it is permitted”); outside of Italic, compare perhaps Lithuanian reikė́ti (“to need”).
third-person singular present active indicative of liceō
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