videlicet

English

Alternative forms

viz., vid., videl.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vidēlicet, Which itself is a contraction from Latin of videre licet meaning "it is permitted to see"

Pronunciation

Often read out in translation as namely or to wit.

IPA^(key): /vɪˈdɛlɪsɛt/
IPA^(key): /ˈneɪmlɪ/
IPA^(key): /təˈwɪt/, /ˈtuːwɪt/

Adverb

videlicet (not comparable)

Namely, to wit, that is to say (used when clarifying or naming the preceding item or topic)
- 1993, Anthony Burgess, A Dead Man in Deptford:
  My father did speak much of the day he was not speedily to forget, videlicet May Day of 1517, when there was great apprentice rioting against insolent foreigners.

Usage notes

Where videlicet is carefully distinguished from scilicet, viz. is used to provide glosses and sc. to provide omitted words or parenthetic clarification.

Synonyms

See namely

Latin

Etymology

A contraction of vidēre licet (“[it] is permitted to see”).[1] Cf. scīlicet.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /wiˈdeː.li.ket/, [wɪˈdeː.lɪ.kɛt]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /viˈde.li.t͡ʃet/, [viˈdeː.li.t͡ʃet]

Adverb

vidēlicet (not comparable)

Videlicet: namely, to wit, that is to say
- c. '1300', Tractatus de Ponderibus et Mensuris
  Per Ordinacionem tocius regni Anglie fuit mensura Domini Regis composita videlicet quod denarius qui vocatur sterlingus rotundus & sine tonsura ponderabit triginta duo grana frumenti in medio Spice.
clearly, evidently

References

videlicet in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
videlicet in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
videlicet in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed. "vi·del·i·cet". Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014.

[1] American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed. "vi·del·i·cet". Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014.

单词	videlicet
释义	videlicet English Alternative forms viz., vid., videl. Etymology Borrowed from Latin vidēlicet, Which itself is a contraction from Latin of videre licet meaning "it is permitted to see" Pronunciation Often read out in translation as namely or to wit. IPA^(key): /vɪˈdɛlɪsɛt/ IPA^(key): /ˈneɪmlɪ/ IPA^(key): /təˈwɪt/, /ˈtuːwɪt/ Adverb videlicet (not comparable) Namely, to wit, that is to say (used when clarifying or naming the preceding item or topic) 1993, Anthony Burgess, A Dead Man in Deptford: My father did speak much of the day he was not speedily to forget, videlicet May Day of 1517, when there was great apprentice rioting against insolent foreigners. Usage notes Where videlicet is carefully distinguished from scilicet, viz. is used to provide glosses and sc. to provide omitted words or parenthetic clarification. Synonyms See namely Latin Etymology A contraction of vidēre licet (“[it] is permitted to see”).[1] Cf. scīlicet. Pronunciation (Classical) IPA^(key): /wiˈdeː.li.ket/, [wɪˈdeː.lɪ.kɛt] (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /viˈde.li.t͡ʃet/, [viˈdeː.li.t͡ʃet] Adverb vidēlicet (not comparable) Videlicet: namely, to wit, that is to say c. '1300', Tractatus de Ponderibus et Mensuris Per Ordinacionem tocius regni Anglie fuit mensura Domini Regis composita videlicet quod denarius qui vocatur sterlingus rotundus & sine tonsura ponderabit triginta duo grana frumenti in medio Spice. clearly, evidently References videlicet in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press videlicet in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers videlicet in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette American Heritage Dictionary, 5th ed. "vi·del·i·cet". Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014.
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