Latin
Etymology
Uncertain. Related to liceo and licet.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈlɪ.ke.ɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈliː.t͡ʃe.or]
Verb
liceor (present infinitive licērī, perfect active licitus sum); second conjugation, deponent
- (ambitransitive, at an auction) to bid (for), make an offer (for)
- (figuratively) to value, appraise, estimate
Conjugation
Conjugation of liceor (second conjugation, deponent)
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||||
| active | present | liceor | licēris, licēre |
licētur | licēmur | licēminī | licentur | ||||||
| imperfect | licēbar | licēbāris, licēbāre |
licēbātur | licēbāmur | licēbāminī | licēbantur | |||||||
| future | licēbor | licēberis, licēbere |
licēbitur | licēbimur | licēbiminī | licēbuntur | |||||||
| perfect | licitus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||||||||
| pluperfect | licitus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||||||||
| future perfect | licitus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||||
| active | present | licear | liceāris, liceāre |
liceātur | liceāmur | liceāminī | liceantur | ||||||
| imperfect | licērer | licērēris, licērēre |
licērētur | licērēmur | licērēminī | licērentur | |||||||
| perfect | licitus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||||||||
| pluperfect | licitus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||||
| active | present | — | licēre | — | — | licēminī | — | ||||||
| future | — | licētor | licētor | — | — | licentor | |||||||
| non-finite forms | infinitive | participle | |||||||||||
| active | passive | active | passive | ||||||||||
| present | licērī | — | licēns | — | |||||||||
| future | licitūrum esse | — | licitūrus | licendus | |||||||||
| perfect | licitum esse | — | licitus | — | |||||||||
| future perfect | licitum fore | — | — | — | |||||||||
| perfect potential | licitūrum fuisse | — | — | — | |||||||||
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||||||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||||||||
| licendī | licendō | licendum | licendō | licitum | licitū | ||||||||
Derived terms
References
- “liceor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “liceor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “liceor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Pokorny, Julius (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 669