licuit

licuit is a Latin form of licet, meaning “it is allowed; (conj.) although”. It is the 3rd person singular perfect active indicative.

It can also be a form of liqueo, “be liquid; (impers. liquet) it is clear, evident”.

Found 179 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Civili 3.27: Hic subitam commutationem fortunae videre licuit. Qui modo sibi timuerant, hos tutissimus portus recipiebat; qui nostris navibus periculum intulerant, de suo …

Sallust, Catilinae Coniuratio 58: … , illis supervacaneum est pugnare pro potentia paucorum. Quo audacius aggredimini memores pristinae virtutis! Licuit vobis cum summa turpitudine in exsilio aetatem agere, potuistis nonnulli Romae amissis bonis alienas opes exs …

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.