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
- G
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..." - M
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..." - P
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..."