scilicet
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English [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From the Latin scīlicet.
Adverb [edit]
scilicet
Latin [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
- scīre licet (frequent in the writings of Lucretius)
Etymology [edit]
A contraction from sciō (“know”) + licet (“it is permitted”). Literally “it is permitted to know.” Compare īlicet and vidēlicet.
Adverb [edit]
scīlicet (not comparable)
- of course, naturally, namely; to wit, evidently, certainly, undoubtedly
- Optime. Ita scilicet facturam.
- Very good. Of course she will do so.
- Tam ego homo sum quam tu. — Scilicet. Ita res est.
- Nevertheless, I am a man as much as you are. — Of course. So it is.
- A te litteras exspectabam. — Nondum scilicet; nam has mane rescribebam.
- I had been expecting letters from you. — Not yet naturally; for I wrote them back in reply in the morning.
- Nota scilicet illa res.
- That event is surely well known.
- Comites secuti scilicet sunt virginem?
- The associates followed the maiden of course?
- Optime. Ita scilicet facturam.
Usage notes [edit]
- The adverb scilicet is often followed by sed and tamen.
- Cognoscat (orator) rerum gestarum et memoriae veteris ordinem, maxime scilicet nostrae civitatis, sed etiam imperiosorum populorum et regum illustrium.
- Scilicet nimis hic quidem est progressus, sed ex eo ipso est conjectura facilis.
- Of course very much here is at least progress, but from it self is the easy conjecture. (??)
- Maxime scilicet in homine, sed in omni animali.
- Naturally most in men, but in every animal.
