• permission: chiefly in certain phrr.: (i.)
to give p.: (1). permitto, mīsi, ssum, 3 (with
dat., either
absol. or
foll. by
subj. with ut):
he would not have quitted me had I not given him p., neque discessisset a me, nisi ego ei permisissem,
Cic. Fam. 13, 71:
p. being given either ... or ..., permisso ut seu ... seu ...,
Liv. 34, 31: also (
esp. in later writers) with
infin.;
v. to permit. (Hence, permissio [v. rare], with
abl. permissu;
the act of giving p. or authority:
e. g. by p. of the law, permissu legis,
Cic. Agr. 2, 14, 35: and in same sense,
p. part. of permitto, used as
subs.:
I avail myself of the p., utor permisso,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 45. But both verb and verbal subss. denote something beyond the
Eng., viz.
sanction, authorization:
cf. ll. cc.) (2). pŏtestātem făcio, 3 (
absol.; or
foll. by
ger. or
ger. part.):
v. leave,
subs. (II.). (3). sĭno, 3:
v. to permit,
allow. (ii.)
to ask p.:
expr. by verb =
ask, with lĭcet, independ. clause:
they asked p. to do it with his consent, rogare, ut ejus voluntate id sibi facere liceat,
Caes. B. G. 1, 7. (iii.)
with my, your ... p.: (1).
expr. by per me, te ... (licet):
but if this cannot be done with Cratippus's p., sin hoc non licet per Cratippum,
Cic. Off. 3, 7, 33:
you may snore if you please, with my (full) p., per me vel stertas licet,
id. Ac. 2, 29, 93. (2). when something is said needing to be prefaced with an apology:
with your p., bona tua venia (dixerim); etc.:
v. leave,
subs. (fin.). (3). concerning permissu tuo, etc., v.
supr. (i., 1). (4). concessu (implying
grace on the part of the person permitting):
by his p. and bounty, illius c. et beneficio,
Cic. Fam. 4, 6, extr.:
cf. id. Tim.
extr. (concessu atque munere Deorum). (iv.)
without (any one's) p.:
expr. by invītus, in
abl. absol. constr.:
if they attempted to cross without his p., si se invito transire conarentur,
Caes. B. G. 1, 8:
without (your) father's p., invito patre,
Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 20. (v.)
to have any one's
p.:
expr. by lĭcet, 2 (
impers.):
if (they) had your p., si per te liceat (illis),
Caes. B. G. 5, 30:
you have my p., per me licet: v.
supr. (iii., 1).