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

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

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)