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
Liber XXVI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...dederentur Campani. Numidam promptum ad omnia audenda donis pellicit ut litteris acceptis specie transfugae castra Romana ingressus, altera..."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..."