licitus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of licet (“is allowed, permitted”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈli.ki.tus/, [ˈlɪ.kɪ.tʊs]

Participle

licitus m (feminine licita, neuter licitum); first/second declension

1. allowed, permitted, having been permitted.

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
nominative	licitus	licita	licitum		licitī	licitae	licita
genitive	licitī	licitae	licitī		licitōrum	licitārum	licitōrum
dative	licitō		licitō		licitīs
accusative	licitum	licitam	licitum		licitōs	licitās	licita
ablative	licitō	licitā	licitō		licitīs
vocative	licite	licita	licitum		licitī	licitae	licita

Derived terms

• illicitus

Descendants

• English: licit
• Portuguese: lícito

References

• licitus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• licitus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• du Cange, Charles (1883), “licitus”, in G. A. Louis Henschel, Pierre Carpentier, Léopold Favre, editors, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (in Latin), Niort: L. Favre
• “licitus” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)