LIC 
Jupiter Ammon. Plin. Libyca populus, 
h c. the trembling' poplar, aspen. Stat. 
pakestr®, h. e. where Hercules wrestled 
■with Antwus. Lucan, crines, h. c. curly, 
crispy. Id. pestes, h. e. venomous ser¬ 
pents, with which Libya abounds. Calp. 
calores. — Libyci, orum, m. the Lybians; 
the Carthaginians. Macroh. and Sil. 
IjIByPHCENiCeS, um, in. a people of Af- 
ricoff. of Phoenician origin, but who had 
minified with the Africans. Liv. 
LIByS (AijSys), yos, adj .in or from Libya, 
Libyan!. Sil. ductor, h. e. Hannibal. 
Virg.j{ in Ciri ) lectuius, h. e. Citreus.— 
Hence, Libys, yos, a Libyan. Ovid.; 
plur. Libyes. Sallust. 
IABySCuS, a, uni, adj. Libyan. Colum. 
2-ficus. Ed Schncid. lias Lilnjssa. 
IjIBySSa (Aifivoaa), a;, f. adject. Libyan. 
3 Catull. arena. Sil. gens. 
UBYSTrCiB (AipvtxTiKds) fabul®, h. e. 
fables, in which mm and beasts are made 
to converse together, as if speaking a com¬ 
mon language. Isidor. 
LIBrSTINuS, a, uni, adj. Libyan. Catull. 
3 montes. 
LIBySTIS (Ai/3vctis), idis, f. adj. Li- 
3 bijan. Virg. ursa. 
LIByuS, a, um, adj. Libyan. Parr, ci¬ 
trus. See Libya. 
LiCkNS, tis, particip. from liceor. Coes. 
and Curl. -If Adj. (from licet), of 
persons, free, taking liberties, bold. Oell. 
Audacem et licentem esse. — Also, free, 
wanton, saucy. Senec. Turba licens Na- 
ides improbcB. Propcrt. Lupercus.- 
If Also, of things, free, unrestrained, 
bold, loose. Stat. Jocos licentes. Cic. 
Licentior et divitior dithyrambus, more 
arbitrary, less strict. Pal. Max. Licen¬ 
tior vita, h. e. dissoluta. Id. Licentis 
imperii magistra, arbitrary, inordinate. 
LICeNTER (licens), adv. freely, after 
one’s pleasure or fancy, without restraint, 
czlrauagautly, dusipsvios. Tacit. Licen- 
ter agere. Cic. Licenter errare (in 
speech) to wander about irregularly or 
arbitrarily. Id. Servos licentius, libe¬ 
rals, familiarius cum domiria vivere. — 
Also, boldly, fearlessly, daringly, dSeto;. 
Cic. Tanta est impunitas garriendi. At 
qualn licenter! but with what boldness, 
with what assurance. Tacit. Multa in 
theatre licentius efflagitata, quain ut, 
&c. more boldly. 
LICkNTIX (Id.), ib, f. freedom, liberty, 
leave, permission to do any thing, li¬ 
cense,power. Terent. Deteriores suinus 
licentia, by having our own way. Cic. 
I’ueris ludendi licentiam dare. Id. Li¬ 
centiam concessam liabere. Id. llac 
licentia permissa, ut tantum ab aratore 
auferret. Id. Nobis magnam licentiam 
flat ut liceat, Ac. Id. Tantum licenti* 
dabat gloria. Id. In ea (voce poetarum) 
licentiam statuo majorem esse, facien- 
dorum verborum. Pandect. Licentiam 
habet migrare.-IT Also, freedom or 
liberty which one allows himself; in a bad 
sense, boldness, presumption. Liv. Li¬ 
centiam sibi sumere. Cic. Licentia 
poetarum, poetical license. Id. Redun- 
dantes nos et superfluentes juvenili 
quad am dicendi impunitate et iicentia. 
— And particularly, unbounded license, 
intemperate freedom, contempt of restraint, 
excess, unruliness, abuse of liberty, licen- 
tousness. dissoluteness, inordinate indul¬ 
gence. Cic. hujtis seculi, licentiousness, 
iicrtiMsm. JVepos. Ilia phalanx, inve- 
rata quum gloria, turn etiam licentia, 
se ( *ucibus, sed imperare 
f. c «nte,m.pt of authority, indul- 
7 ..,' Obtinere licentiam suaruin 
10I1 indulgence, free range, 
semnul^ llcen sc. Id. Habere licentiam 
lliiturs Cril n'oi — An ^ of " inanimate 
si ■ o( ' tlle deluge), Immen- 
T yn-S tla P°nti. h 
free ('icentia), a, um, adj. too 
indulgent to one^Zlf^T, Self '-°° 
wont,,, r° 0,le 4 sc »i arbitrary, excessive, 
dSe ’nnn mtl . OUS - ^'intiLN am ebor 
Airul I-,,n e , 3t . minus licentiosum, Ac. 
Z cTot r 0nes - 1(1 Portuna.’ Se- 
Jlutn Lstin T r ^ atl ° ? um viris licentiosior. 
LT0E8f,e;^ 1Ce ? tio9is ? imilm - 
venderel P ? 8 1 ‘ cet > sr - em ere or 
up or CU, > n. 2. to be put 
[such) a at aact ’ on or to sale, have 
price put upon it, be prized or 
LIC 
valued (at so much), nKsiarripia^opai. 
Plant. Omnia venibunt, quiqui licebunt, 
prasenti pecuniu, shall be put up, shall 
be bid upon. Cic. He Drusi liortis quanti 
licuisse tu scribis, &c. h. c. how high the 
price teas. Herat. Laivinum unius assis 
non unquam pretio pluris licuisse, h. c. 
was never valued at more than an as. 
Martial. Parvo cum pretio diu liceret, 
Ac. h. c. little was offered for her. - 
II Also, of the seller, to offer for sale, to 
ask (so much ) for; with accus. Plin. 
opera effect®. (Ita Harduin. ex MSS. 
Alii licitaretur.) 
LICEOR (liceo), eris, licitus sum, dep. 2. 
to bid money for, offer a price for, for in¬ 
stance, at an auction, dvrcoveouac. Cic. 
Liciti sunt usque eo, quoad efficere 
posse arbitrabantur. Id. Licetur (bids, 
makes a bid ) Ebutius, deterrentur emp- 
tores multi, fundus addicitur Ebutio. 
Ctes. IIlo licente (particip. from liceor) 
contra liceri audebat nemo, h. e. to 
make a higher offer. Cic. Qui digito 
licitus sit, h. e. by raising his finger. 
Apul. Liceri de pretio, to name one’s 
price; say how much one asks. — With 
an accus. of the thing for which the bid 
or offer is made. Cic. Hortos liceri.— 
And an ablat. of the amount. Pcrs. 
Centum Gracos centusse licetur. — 
Figur. Plin. matronam. 
LICESSIT. See Licet. 
LICET (Siuri, according to some), ebat, 
uit and Itum est, impers. 2. it is lawful, 
right; it is allowed, permitted; with dat. 
and often without it ; it may be often 
rendered, one may, one can, one is free, 
(to do this or that), I may, I can, Sc. c. 
taking in of course the dat. when it 
has any. it is used either morally or 
potentially, to express either moral and 
legal right, or possibility, power, per¬ 
mission ; Sepiy carl, e^cari, evearri. 
Cic. Licet nemini contra patriain ex- 
ercitum ducere, h. e. (as he says after) 
by the laws and the manners and institu¬ 
tions of our ancestors. Id. Beatusne 
igitur, quia hos interfecit ? Mihi contra 
non solum eo videtur miser, quod ea 
fecit, sed etiam quod ita se gessit, ut ea 
facere ei liceret. Etsi peccare nemini 
licet. Sed sermonis errore labimur. Id 
enim iicere dicimus, quod cui concedi- 
tur. Id. Licet rogare? may I question 
him 1 Id. Licet consulere? (an expres¬ 
sion used by one who wished to ask ad¬ 
vice of a lawyer.) Terent. Here, li- 
cetne ? sc. Ioqtii, may I speak 7 Ilorat. 
Dura licet, vive beatus, while it is permit¬ 
ted you, whilst it is possible, while you 
may. Ovid. Dixerat lime, sed et lime, 
et multo plura licebat dicere. he might 
have said this and much more, for all the 
good it would do him. — It may also 
have an infin. pass. Cas. Ilinc cognos- 
ci licet, quantum, Ac. from this it may 
be known. Cic. Cujus ex epistolis intel- 
ligi licet, qnam frequens, &c. it may be 
seen. Id. Quam vel benignitatem vei 
liberalitatein appellari licet, which may 
be called, which we may call. — Followed 
by ut. Neque milii licet, ut non im- 
pertiam. — And by the subj. in which 
construction, especially, it has the sense 
of may, be it so, let. Cic. Fremant omnes 
licet: dicam, quod sentio, h. e. let them 
murmur if they please, they may, Ac. Id. 
Hanc si quis partem putarit orationis, 
“equatur Hermagoram licebit, lie may, let 
him. Id. Altercatio ejusmodi, ex qua 
licet pauca degustes, h. c. of which I give 
you a specimen, for you to read if°you 
please. Horat. Sis licet felix, ubicum- 
que mavis, et memor nostri vivas, h. e. 
you may be happy, so far as depends up¬ 
on me ; and so, may you be happy. Cic. 
Et prater eos quamvis enumeres multos 
licet, you may instance never so many 
(and yet not make your argument good). 
— In answers, yes, very well, be it. so; 
it seems strictly to mean, it may he so 
for all me. Plant. Propera ergo. (Cle.) 
licet. — Also, with per, to denote the 
person or thing with whose permission 
a thing is done, for all me, tliee, Sec. for 
any thing I, Sec. do lo the contrary, with 
my, Sec. permission. Cic. Id postea, si 
per vos, judices, licitum erit, aperietur, 
if you will allow it. Id. Cur his per te 
frui libertate sua non licet ? Id. Per me 
491 
L,C ^ 
licet. Id. Quod per leges liceret. - 
Instead of the dative, it is "sometimes 
joined with tiie accus. and infin. Terent 
Non licet hominem esse smpe ita ut 
volt, it is not permitted that a man should 
be, &c. a man cannot be. Cic. Nos frui 
liceret-IT When the infin. (which 
after licet, commonly expresses the tiling 
allowed) is followed by a noun, that 
noun stands in the dat. Cic. Licuit 
Tliemistocli esse otiuso. Coes. Quibus 
licet esse fortunatissimis. — Yet, also, 
in the accus. die. Si civi Rom. licet 
esse Gaditanum. Id. Liceat esse raise- ’ 
ros. (This construction witli the accus. 
is elliptical. Thus, Licet esse miseros, 
A. c. licet nobis, nos esse miseros.)_ 
The accus. stands also with fieri; thus, 
Cws. Annus, quo per leges ei consulem 
fieri liceret. — And the dat. is found 
witli vivere. Lie. Si ei (Virginia;) li¬ 
ber® vivere licitum fuisset. — It is al¬ 
so followed by posse, which is redun¬ 
dant. Cic. Licuit posse domeslicis co- 
piis ornare convivium. — And even pre¬ 
ceded by permissum est. Cic. Neque 
permissum est, ut vobis impune liceat, 
Se-c. - li Licet lias sometimes the 
sense of, one must, one ought., one. cannot 
but, one is forced to. Cic. Mirari licet, quas 
sint animadversa a medicis lierbarum 
genera. Provert. Sis ignota licebit, 
you must be unknown; or, as above, you 
may he unknown, for aught I care. Id. 
Nunc licet in triviis requiescere, now I 
must sleep in the street; she lets me sleep 
in the street; or as in English, I may 
sleep in the street -li Lied also lias a 
ncut. nominative joined with it, and 
sometimes in the plural. Cic. Neque 
quid quisque potest, id ei licet Senec. 
Qu® licent. Id. In servos omnia ii- 
cent. — In like manner, accus. and infin. 
Cic. Id Iicere dicimus. - li Licitu- 
rum occurs. Cic. - ir Licessit, for 
licuerit. Plant.. 
LICET, couj. which has sprung from 
the verb licet; though, although, albeit, 
notwithstanding, kuv, kciitoi , ei uai. 
With subj. Cic. Licet omnes terrores 
impendent, succurram. Brut, ad Cic. 
Licet ergo patrem nppeilet, tamen iilud 
apparebit, &c. Cic. Licet tibi signifi- 
carim,ut ad me venires, tamen intelligo, 
Ac.— Also, with indie. Pandect. Licet 
ruin®, vel iucendio subject® transactio 
est. Id. Licet direct® libertates defi¬ 
cient, attamen, Ac. Ammian. Qu® li¬ 
cet affectabant, erant tamen, Ac. 
LICIIAN5S (Xtxavds), i, f. a certain musi- 
2 cal note.- Lichanos hypaton, h. e. D.; 
Lichanos meson, A. e. O. Vitruv. 
LICHaS, re, m. the sei-vant of Hercules. 
Ovid. 
LICHEN ( Xeixiiv ), enis, m. a tetter, ring¬ 
worm, impetiginous affection, mentdgra, 
impetigo. .Martial. Sordid! lichenes’. 
Plin. in fricando lichene. — Also, of 
beasts. Plin. Equi lichene vexati. -- 
IT AJso, the. herb Jiver-icort. Plin. 
LiCIaTPS (licium), a, um, adj. of the 
3 threads of a web, laid, warped; figur. be¬ 
gun, commenced. Augustin. 
LICINIaNoS (Licinius), a, um, adj. per¬ 
taining or relating to one Licinius; named 
for Licinius. Cato. olea. Colum. jugera. 
LICINIO, as, to set off, show plainly, delin- 
3 cate. Apul. Ed. F.lm. See Lncnno. 
LICINIUM (licium), ii, n. a tent to put 
3 in wounds. Voget,. 
LICINIOS, a, um, the. name of a Roman 
gens. — Adj. Licinian, of or pertaining 
to Licinius. Cic. lex ; of these thero 
were several, one of which, proposed by 
L. Licinius Crassus the orator, relating 
to the rights of citizenship, was the 
chief cause of the Italic war. — Subst. 
Licinius, a man of this gens ; Licinia, a 
woman of the same. — One of the most 
noted of this gens is M. Licinius Cras¬ 
sus, the triumvir. 
LICITATIQ (licitor), onis, f. a bidding or 
offering of a price, dvrcovyrTts, at. an auc¬ 
tion or sale, and also in the division of 
an inheritance, when, on account of tho 
difficulty of dividing equally, an offer 
in money is made by way of compensa¬ 
tion for the poorer parts.. Cic. Exquisi- 
tis palam pretiis, et licitationibus factis, 
desr ribebat censores btnos in singulaa 
civitates. Id. Cum ea pars, qu® vide- 
