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.lɪ.kɛt] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈiː.li.t͡ʃet] === Adverb === īlicet (not comparable) let someone or something go it is over straightaway, immediately 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.