The corpus record — Latin

illicitus

illicitus · adj

not allowed

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Where it lives

De Virginibus Velandis 3 · 5.38/10k
De ieiunio adversus psychicos 3 · 5.08/10k
De Corona 2 · 4.11/10k
De Monogamia 2 · 2.86/10k
Epistulae, Books VIII-IX 3 · 2.37/10k
Apologeticum 4 · 2/10k
De Cultu Feminarum 1 · 1.95/10k
De Fuga in Persecutione 1 · 1.88/10k
Agamemnon 1 · 1.8/10k
In Rufinum 1 · 1.75/10k
Octavius 2 · 1.72/10k
Adversus Valentinianos 1 · 1.57/10k

Densest 12 of 47 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

illĭcĭtus — Lewis & Short

illĭcĭtus (inl-), a, um, adj.in-licitus,

I not allowed, forbidden, unlawful, illegal, illicit (post-Aug.): amor, Tac. A. 12, 5; cf.: flammis arsere senes, Luc. 6, 454: exactiones, Tac. A. 13, 51: viae, by which it is forbidden to go, Val. Fl. 1, 97: undas temerare rudentibus, id. ib. 1, 627; cf.: ire per illicitum pelago, Stat. Th. 1, 223: per licita et illicita foedatus, Tac. A. 15, 37: lampas caeli, lightning (because what was struck by it was not allowed to be touched), Stat. Th. 10, 470; Sen. Ep. 108, 14; id. Herc. Fur. 599; id. Herc. Oet. 360; Lact. 6, 23, 5; id. Epit. 61, 2; Macr. S. 3, 11 init.—Sup.: res illicitissima atque indignissima, Aug. Ep. 202 med.—Adv.: illĭcĭtē, in a forbidden or unlawful manner, unlawfully, illegally (late Lat.): aedificare, Dig. 32, 1, 11, § 14: contrahere matrimonium, ib. 48, 5, 38: comparare praedium, ib. 49, 16, 9 et saep.

In the wild

inlicitum Apuleius, Apologia 47
illicitis Tertullian, Adversus Valentinianos 10
illicita Seneca, Hercules Oetaeus 1
inlicitis Statius, Achilleis 2.68
inlicito Tertullian, De ieiunio adversus psychicos 3
illicitum Tertullian, Adversus Marcionem 4.34

6 of 90 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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