licet
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ET can be construed, as connecting with the preceding nec; compare Fast VI 325 'nec licet et longum est epulas narrare deorum'.
From The Last Poems of Ovid by Akrigg, Mark Bear
The note contains these words:—"Si per te licet, imperatur nuncio Holderum ad me deducere."
From Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron
Thus, out of his 305, I have omitted more than half; but it must be remembered that his work was a collection, and mine—si parva licet componere magnis—has been selection.
From Ballads of Robin Hood and other Outlaws Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Fourth Series by Sidgwick, Frank
The Duke stooped down and through the glass read the inscription: Utere dum licet.
From The Sentimental Adventures of Jimmy Bulstrode by Vorst, Marie Van
At iv 45 H's qua libet is the manuscript reading closest to Heinsius' correct quamlibet; most manuscripts have quod licet.
From The Last Poems of Ovid by Akrigg, Mark Bear
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