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==English==

===Alternative forms===
* {{l|en|sc.}}, {{l|en|scil.}}, {{l|en|ss.}}

===Etymology===
Borrowed from {{bor|en|la|scīlicet}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˈsɪlɪˌsɛt/}}

===Adverb===
{{en-adv|-}}

# [[namely|Namely]], [[to wit]], [[as follows]].
#* {{quote-book|en|title=Dr. Burn's Law Dictionary|volume=2|year=1792|passage=As in ejectment, where the declaration is of a demise the second of January, and that the defendant afterwards, '''''scilicet''''', the first of January ejected him, here the '''scilicet''' may be rejected, as being contrary to what went before.}}
# {{lb|en|law}} [[done|Done]] in the [[appropriate]] [[place]] within a [[jurisdiction]] for the [[documented]] [[act]].
# {{lb|en|in [[quotation]]s/[[citation]]s}} {{n-g|Used parenthetically to supply information which is not given in the portion of text being quoted, but is clearly given by its context, such as for quoted [[pronoun|pronouns]] with unquoted [[antecedent|antecedents]].}}

====Usage notes====
Often read out in translation as {{m|en|namely}} or {{m|en|to wit}}.

==Latin==

===Alternative forms===
* {{l|la|scīre licet}} {{qual|frequent in the writings of {{w|Lucretius}}}}
* {{alter|la|sciꝫ|sciz|sciz.||contractions}}
* {{alter|la|scil.||abbreviation}}
* {{alter|la|silicet||medieval}}

===Etymology===
A contraction from {{m|la|scīre||to know}} + {{m|la|licet||it is permitted}}. Literally “it is permitted to know.” Compare {{m|la|īlicet}} and {{m|la|vidēlicet}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{la-IPA|scīlicet|eccl=yes}}

===Adverb===
{{la-adv|scīlicet|-}}

# [[of course]], [[naturally]], [[namely]], [[to wit]], [[evidently]], [[certainly]], [[undoubtedly]], [[no]] [[doubt]], [[doubtless]], [[truly]]
#: {{ux|la|Optime. Ita '''scilicet''' facturam.|t=Very good. '''Of course''' she will do so.}}
#: {{ux|la|Tam ego homo sum quam tu. — '''Scilicet'''. Ita res est.|t=Nevertheless, I am a man as much as you are. — '''Of course'''. So it is.}}
#: {{ux|la|A te litteras exspectabam. — Nondum '''scilicet'''; nam has mane rescribebam.|t=I had been expecting letters from you. — Not yet '''naturally'''; for I wrote them back in reply in the morning.}}
#: {{ux|la|Nota '''scilicet''' illa res.|t=That event is '''surely''' well known.}}
#: {{ux|la|Comites secuti '''scilicet''' sunt virginem?|t=The associates followed the maiden '''of course'''?}}
#* {{Q|la|Virgil|Aeneid|2|577|thru=578|quote=“‘'''Scīlicet''' haec Spartam incolumis patriāsque Mycēnās / aspiciet [...].’”|trans=''“‘'''Evidently''' this [woman], unharmed, will look upon Sparta and Mycenae, her homeland?’”''<br/>(Surprise, indignation, disbelief: Aeneas quotes himself wondering why Helen will survive the fall of Troy and return to Greece.)}}
# [[that is to say]] (''medieval'')

====Usage notes====
* The adverb '''scilicet''' is often followed by {{m|la|sed}} and {{m|la|tamen}}.
*: {{ux|la|Cognoscat (orator) rerum gestarum et memoriae veteris ordinem, maxime '''scilicet''' nostrae civitatis, '''sed''' etiam imperiosorum populorum et regum illustrium.|t=The orator knows the row of achievements and the old man's memory, (and) '''of course''', (knows) certainly the row of our citizenship, '''but''' also of the mighty peoples and the bright kings.}}
*: {{ux|la|'''Scilicet''' nimis hic quidem est progressus, '''sed''' ex eo ipso est conjectura facilis.|t='''Of course''' very much here is at least progress, '''but''' from it self is the easy conjecture.}}
*: {{ux|la|Maxime '''scilicet''' in homine, '''sed''' in omni animali.|t='''Naturally''' most in men, '''but''' in every animal.}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|la|licet}}
* {{l|la|sciō}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|en|scilicet|bor=1}}
* {{desc|pt|scilicet|bor=1}}

===See also===
* {{l|la|nempe}}
* {{l|la|nīmīrum}}

===References===
* {{R:L&S}}
* {{R:Elementary Lewis}}
* {{R:Gaffiot}}
* {{R:NLW}}