Scaife ATLAS

illex or illix (inl-), ĭcis, adj. illicio, alluring, enticing, seductive (ante- and post-class.). Adj.: oculi, App. Mag. p. 323: ars, Prud. adv. Symm. 2, 6: halitus, id. Psych. 328.—More freq., Subst. com. A decoy, lure: aedis nobis area'st, auceps sum ego, Esca'st meretrix, lectus illex est, amatores aves, Plaut. As. 1, 3, 67.— Transf., a seducer, a seductress: malae rei tantae fuimus illices, Plaut. Poen. 3, 4, 35: illex animi Venus, App. Mag. p. 295.

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illex or

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illex or

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illex or

IDX:

21529

URN:

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