scil.

American  

abbreviation

1. to wit; namely (used especially on legal documents, as an affidavit, pleading, etc., to verify the place of action).

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Etymology

Origin of scil.

From the Latin word scīlicet, contraction of scīre licet “it is permitted to know”

Example Sentences

They got land from him, scil.: the Decies of Munster, and it is to that race, i.e. the race of Eoghan Mac Fiacha Suighde that the kings and country of the Decies belong ever since.

From The Life of St. Declan of Ardmore by Power, P. (Patrick)

Of this same race of Eoghan was the holy bishop Declan of whom I shall speak later scil.:

From The Life of St. Declan of Ardmore by Power, P. (Patrick)

I shall always translate it by "he deprecated" scil. evil to the person addressed.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 15 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

Claudius, C. xi, 52, a: 'et libere tenentes sui qui tenent per socagium debent unam sectam ad frendlese hundred, scil. ad diem Sabbati proximum post festum St. Michaelis.'

From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Vinogradoff, Paul

The firmament was set in his most clearnesse, scil. the world was lighted in all its parts by the concepcion of the empress Our Lady....

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 by Various