videlicet

videlicet

vidēlicet, Adv. (aus videre licet, wie scilicet gebildet, also: man kann sehen, es ist leicht zu sehen), dient im allg. dazu, das Vorhergehende zu bestätigen und zu vervollständigen, u. zwar: I) eig.: a) übh., es ist offenbar, leicht ersichtlich, natürlich, α) mit folg. Acc. u. Infin. (wegen videre), videlicet, parcum illum fuisse senem, Plaut.: esse videlicet in terris primordia rerum, Lucr. – β) als bloße Partikel, hic de nostris verbis errat videlicet, der versteht sicherlich meine Worte falsch, Ter.: quae videlicet ille non ex agri consitura, sed ex doctrinae indiciis interpretabatur, Cic. – γ) elliptisch, bei Antworten, quid metuebant? vim videlicet, offenbar die Gewalt, Cic.: qui eorum... quorum? Videlicet qui supra scripti sunt, Cic. – b) ironisch, zum Ausdruck des Gegenteils, versteht sich, natürlich, freilich, tuus videlicet salutaris consulatus, perniciosus meus, Cic.: homo videlicet timidus et permodestus (von Katilina), Cic. – II) übtr., zur bloßen Ergänzung od. Erklärung, nämlich, venisse tempus iis, qui in timore fuissent, coniuratos videlicet dicebat, ulciscendi se, Cic.


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