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
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..."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..."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..."