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

Tá'ih" = lost in the "Tíh," a desert wherein man may lose himself, translated in our maps 'The Desert of the Wanderings," scil. of the children of Israel.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 01 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

After the expulsion of the sea by this famous Saint, scil.:

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

Et ideo virtutes theologicae sunt tres, scil. fides quâ Deum cognoscimus, spes quâ ipsum nos obtenturos esse speramus, et caritas quâ eum diligimus.”1118.Sess.

From Grace, Actual and Habitual A Dogmatic Treatise by Preuss, Arthur

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)

Desiderium autem finis duo exigit, scil. fiduciam de fine obtinendo, quia nullus sapiens movetur ad id quod consequi non potest; et amorem finis, quia non desideratur nisi amatum.

From Grace, Actual and Habitual A Dogmatic Treatise by Preuss, Arthur