LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adverb

īlicet

īlicet (not comparable)
Classical[ˈiː.lɪ.kɛt]Ecclesiastical[ˈiː.li.t͡ʃet]

Meaning

  1. not comparablelet someone or something go
  2. not comparableit is over
  3. not comparablestraightaway, immediately
  4. not comparableSaid at the end of a Roman funeral ceremony.

Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms

Repente · Subito · Extemplo · E vestigio · Illico · Statim · Protinus · Confestim · Continuo

Repente and subito denote suddenly; repens means sudden, in opp. to exspectatus, expected, Cic. Tusc. iii. 22; to sensim, Cic. Off. i. 33. Suet. Tib. 11, like ἐξαπίνης; but subitus, in opp. to foreseen, ante provisus, Cic. Tusc. iii. 22; meditatus, Plin. Ep. i. 16; paratus, Cic. Or. i. 33, like παραχρῆμα. Extemplo and e vestigio, in opp. to delay; extemplo (ex tempore) in a moment, with reference to time; e vestigio, on the spot, sur-le-champ, with reference to place. Illico and ilicet, in opp. to slowness; illico (in loco) is used in prose, like παραυτίκα; ilicet, by writers of comedy and poets. Statim and protinus, in opp. to, at a future time; statim, immediately, in opp. to deinde, Tac. Ann. vi. 3; postea, Suet. Cl. 39. A. 51. N. 34, like εὐθύς; protinus, forthwith, like πρόκα. Confestim and continuo, in opp. to ex intervallo, Cic. Inv. ii. 12. (v. 157.)

īlĭcet, adv. i, root of īre, and licet; cf. scilicet and videlicet; lit., one may go; hence,
I. A.. In the oldest per. of the lang., a t. t. with which an assembly was dismissed when the business on hand was at an end, you may go; it is over: semper ilicet finem rei significat, ut actum est. Sic judices de concilio dimittebantur, suprema dicta cum praeco pronunciasset ilicet, quod significat ire licet, Don. Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 31; cf. id. Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 20; Serv. Verg. A. 2, 424; so, at the end of funeral ceremonies, id. ib. 6, 216 and 231.—
B. Transf.
1. (Ante-class. and rare.) Ilicet, let us go, let us be gone, Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 35: ilicet: Quid hic conterimus operam frustra? Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 30; id. Heaut. 5, 2, 20: ilicet parasiticae arti maxumam malam crucem, the parasite's art may go and be hanged, Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 9 Brix.—
2. All is over, to signify that any thing is lost or has failed (ante-class.): ilicet, mandata eri perierunt, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 182; cf.: actum est, ilicet, me infelicem et scelestam, id. Cist. 4, 2, 17; id. Curc. 1, 3, 30, Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 9: ilicet, desine, jam conclamatum est, id. ib. 2, 3, 56: ilicet, vadimonium ultro mihi facit, Plaut. Epid. 5, 2, 19.—
II. Through the intermediate idea of hastening (cf.: ilico, extemplo; protinus, continuo, statim), straightway, immediately, instantly, forthwith (ante - class. and in Aug. poets): an tu eloquens ilicet, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 180 P.: fugit ilicet ocior Euro, Speluncamque petit, Verg. A. 8, 223: ilicet ignis edax summa ad fastigia vento Volvitur, id. ib. 2, 758: ilicet obruimur numero, id. ib. 2, 424; Tib. 2, 6, 15 (dub.; Müll. si licet); Stat. Th. 1, 92.

Origins

A contraction from īre (“to go”) + licet (“it is permitted”). Literally “it is permitted to go.” Compare scīlicet and vidēlicet.

Quick answers

What does īlicet mean in Latin?
īlicet, a adverb, means “let someone or something go; it is over; straightaway, immediately”.
How do you pronounce īlicet?
In classical Latin, [ˈiː.lɪ.kɛt]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈiː.li.t͡ʃet].