illicitus
πενία μόνα τὰς τέχνας ἐγείρει → poverty alone promotes skilled work, necessity is the mother of invention, necessity is the mother of all invention, poverty is the mother of invention, out of necessity comes invention, out of necessity came invention, frugality is the mother of invention
Latin > English (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.
