licere

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Latinization of lecere, from Latin licēre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈli.t͡ʃe.re/, /liˈt͡ʃe.re/[1]
  • Rhymes: -itʃere, -ere
  • Hyphenation: lì‧ce‧re, li‧cé‧re

Verb

lìcere or licére (third-person only, third-person singular present lìce, no past historic, past participle lécito, no imperfect, no future, no subjunctive, no imperfect subjunctive, auxiliary èssere)

  1. (poetic) to allow

Conjugation

  • Note: Highly defective. Only the third person singular form lice is normally found; other extant forms are rare.
    Conjugation of lìcere or licére (root-stressed -ere; third-person only; irregular; defective) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive lìcere, licére
auxiliary verb èssere gerund —
present participle — past participle lécito
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present — — lìce — — lìcono
imperfect — — — — — —
past historic — — — — — —
future — — — — — —
conditional — — — — — —
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present — — — — — —
imperfect — — — — — —
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
— — — — —
negative imperative — — — — —

Including lesser-used forms:

    Conjugation of lìcere or licére (root-stressed -ere; third-person only; irregular; defective) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive lìcere, licére
auxiliary verb èssere gerund —
present participle — past participle lécito
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present — — lìce — — —
imperfect — — licéva1 — — licévano1
past historic — — — — — —
future — — — — — —
conditional — — — — — —
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present — — — — — —
imperfect — — licésse1 — — licéssero1
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
— — — — —
negative imperative — — — — —

1Rare.

References

  1. ^ licere in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Further reading

  • licere in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

Latin

Pronunciation

Verb

licēre

  1. present active infinitive of licet and liceō
  2. second-person singular present active indicative/imperative of liceor
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