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

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

Adverb

īlicet (not comparable)

1. let someone or something go
2. it is over
3. straightaway, immediately
4. 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.