pellicit
Dictionary entries
- Entry →pellico, pellicere, -, -:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Whitaker
- Age:
- Later
attract/draw away; allure/seduce/entice/captivate; coax/induce/wheedle/win over;
sg. pres. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
- T
Liber XXVI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...dederentur Campani. Numidam promptum ad omnia audenda donis pellicit ut litteris acceptis specie transfugae castra Romana ingressus, altera..." - P
Liber XII
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...inlecebris: ad eum per speciem necessitudinis crebro ventitando pellicit patruum ut praelata ceteris et nondum uxor potentia uxoria..."