liceor
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *leyk- (“to prepare for sale”). Cognate with licet (see there for more) and liceō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈli.ke.or/, [ˈlʲɪkeɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈli.t͡ʃe.or/, [ˈliːt͡ʃeor]
Verb
liceor (present infinitive licērī, perfect active licitus sum); second conjugation, deponent
- (transitive, intransitive, at an auction) to bid (for), make an offer (for)
- (figuratively) to value, appraise, estimate
Conjugation
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Derived terms
- licitor
- polliceor
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
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