allicit
Dictionary entries
- Entry →allicio, allicere, allexi, allectus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
draw gently to, entice, lure, induce (sleep), attract, win over, encourage;
sg. pres. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber II
Gaius Phaedrus from FABVLARVM AESOPIARVM LIBRI QVINQVE
"...scierint esse tale culpae praemium'. Successus improborum plures allicit. IV. Aquila Feles et Aper Aquila in sublimi quercu..."Liber Primus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...sunt aliae quoque causae, sed multitudinem haec maxime allicit, quod ita putant dici ab illo, recta et honesta..."Ars Amatoria III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Ars Amatoria
"...incessu pars non temnenda decoris: Allicit ignotos ille fugatque viros. Haec movet arte latus, tunicisque fluentibus auras Accipit..."