allectos
Dictionary entries
- Entry →allego, allegere, allegi, allectus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
choose, admit, elect, recruit, select, appoint;; draw gently to, entice, lure, induce (sleep), attract, win over, encourage;
acc. pl. perf. pass. part.
Examples
- G
Divus Vespasianus
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...summotis indignissimis et honestissimo quoque Italicorum ac provincialium allecto. Atque uti notum esset, utrumque ordinem non tam libertate..." - P
Aeneid X
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...manebat sors rerum) movet et superis immissa repente Allecto medias Italum bacchata per urbes. nil super imperio moveor..." - P
Aeneid VII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...Haec ubi dicta dedit, terras horrenda petivit; luctificam Allecto dirarum ab sede dearum infernisque ciet tenebris, cui tristia..."