liceor
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *leyk- (“to prepare for sale”). Cognate with licet and liceō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈli.ke.or/, [ˈlɪ.ke.ɔr]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈli.t͡ʃe.or/, [ˈliː.t͡ʃe.or]
Verb
liceor (present infinitive licērī, perfect active licitus sum); second conjugation, deponent
- (transitive, intransitive, at an auction) I bid (for), make an offer (for).
- (figuratively) I value, appraise, estimate.
Inflection
| 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 | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | licērī | licitus esse | licitūrus esse | — | — | — | |
| participles | licēns | licitus | licitūrus | — | — | licendus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| nominative | genitive | dative/ablative | accusative | accusative | ablative | ||
| licērī | licendī | licendō | licendum | licitum | licitū | ||
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 II, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 669