liceo
ὁ χρόνος ἐστὶ δάνος, τὸ ζῆν πικρός ἐσθ' ὁ δανίσας → time is a loan, and he who lent you life is a hard creditor | time is on loan and life's lender is a prick
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
lĭcĕo: cŭi, cĭtum, 2, v. n. Sanscr. root rik-, riktas, empty; Gr. λιπ-, λείπω, leave; Lat. lic-, linquo, licet, liceor; cf. Germ. leihen, verleihen,
I to be for sale; to have a price put upon it, to be valued, esteemed at so much.
I Lit. (rare but class.): omnia vaenibunt, quiqui licebunt, praesenti pecunia, Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 97: quanti licuisse tu scribis (hortos), how much they were valued at, Cic. Att. 12, 23, 5: unius assis Non umquam pretio pluris licuisse, Hor. S. 1, 6, 13. —
II Transf., of the seller, to offer for sale, to fix the price, to value at so much (only post-Aug.): percontanti quanti liceret opera effecta, parvum nescio quid dixerat, how much he asked for them, what he held them at, Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 88: parvo cum pretio diu liceret, Mart. 6, 66, 4.
liceo: v. licet.
