non licet

[ non lahy-sit ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

, Law.

non licet

/ ˈnɒn ˈlaɪsɪt /

First recorded in 1615–25, non licet is from Latin nōn licet “it is not allowed”

C17: Latin, literally: it is not allowed

Non licet esse vos—It is not lawful for you to exist—was the stern edict of extermination pronounced against the saints.

Quid licet Jovi non licet bovi; the maxim ought to be repeated every time this familiar story is told.

Non licet homini, says Theodores Penitential, a servo tollere pecuniam, quam ipse labore suo adquesierit.

But the "authority of laws" is invoked against truth—non licet esse vos!

But nobis non licet esse tam disertis—at least, if we study to refine our numbers.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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