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ālec (better, allec; hallec also in MSS.), ēcis, n., or ālex (hāl-), ēcis, f. and m. (v. Rudd. I. p. 17, n. 93; Schneid. Gr. 2, 110 and 128), acc. to Plin. 31, 8, 44, § 95, the sediment of a costly fish-sauce, garum; and in gen. the sauce prepared from small fish, fish-pickle, fish-brine: alec danunt, * Plaut. Fragm. ap. Non. 2, 395; 120, 3: faecem et allec, Hor. S. 2, 4, 73; 2, 8, 9 K. and H.: putri cepas hallece natantes, Mart. 3, 77 Schneid.
The plur. not in use, v. Prisc. p. 686 P.

* allectātĭo (adl-), ōnis, f. [allecto], an enticing, alluring: Chrysippus nutricum illi quae adhibetur infantibus adlectationi suum carmen (a nursery song) adsignat, Quint. 1, 10, 32 Halm (Ruhnk. proposed lallationi; cf. Spald. ad h. l.).

allectĭo (adl-), ōnis, f. [allicio] (late Lat.).

  1. I. A choice or election for something, esp. a levying of troops, Capitol. M. Anton. Phil. 11; Tert. Monog. 12; Capell. 1, p. 2.
  2. II. In the lang. of civilians. a promotion to a higher office before one has performed the duties of a lower: adlectionis quaerendus est honos, Cod. Th. 6, 4, 10; so Symm. Ep. 7, 97.

allecto (adl-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. [id.], to allure, to entice (prob. only in the foll. exs.): ad agrum fruendum non modo non retardat, verum etiam invitat atque adlectat senectus, Cic. Sen. 16 fin.; id. Lael. 26, 98: boves sibilo, Col. 2, 3, 2.

1. allector (adl-), ōris, m. [allicio], one that entices or allures: turdi quasi adlectores sint captivorum, * Col. 8, 10, 1.

‡ 2. allector, ōris, m. [2. allĕgo].

  1. I. One that chooses others into a college, Inscr. Orell. 779; 2406.
  2. II. A deputy under the emperors, who collected the taxes in the provinces, Inscr Orell. 369; 3654.

‡ allectūra, ae, f. [2. allĕgo], the office of an allector, Inscr. Grut. 375, 3.

1. allectus, a, um, Part. of 2. allĕgo.

2. allectus, a, um, Part. of allicio.

allēgātĭo (adl-), ōnis, f. [1. allēgo].

  1. I. Lit., a sending or despatching to any one (in the class. per. only twice in Cic.): cum sibi omnes ad istum adlegationes difficiles viderent, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 51, § 136; and in a pun: quibus adlegationibus illam sibi legationem expugnavit, id. ib. 17.
  2. II. Fig.
    1. A. In gen., an alleging or adducing by way of proof, excuse, and the like: si maritus uxorem ream faciat, an lenocinii adlegatio repellat maritum ab accusatione? Dig. 48, 5, 2; so ib. 4, 4, 17; 23, 2, 60; App. M. 10, p. 241, 26.
    2. B. Esp., in the Lat. of the jurists, an imperial rescript, Cod. Th. 16, 5, 37.

allēgātus (adl-), ūs, m. [1. allēgo], an instigating to a deceit or fraud (cf. 1. allego, I. B.): meo adlegatu venit, Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 18; cf. Gell. 13, 20, 19.

1. al-lēgo (adl-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.

  1. I. To send one away with a commission or charge, to despatch, depute, commission (of private business, while legare is used in a similar signif. of State affairs; most freq. in Plaut.; elsewhere rare, but class.): ne illi aliquem adlegent, qui mi os occillet, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 28 (cf. delegare, id. ib. prol. 67 and 83); so id. Cas. prol. 52; 3, 4, 14; id. Ps. 4, 7, 66; 135; id. Stich. 5, 3, 8: ego si adlegāssem aliquem ad hoc negotium, id. Ep. 3, 3, 46: alium ego isti rei adlegabo, id. Am. 2, 2, 42: amicos adlegat, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 57, § 149: homines nobiles adlegat iis, qui peterent, ne, etc., id. Rosc. Am. 9: adlegarem te ad illos, qui, etc., id. Fam. 15, 10; so id. ib. 4 fin.: cum patrem primo adlegando, deinde coram ipse rogando fatigāsset, first by the friends sent, and then by personal entreaties, etc., Liv. 36, 11, 1 Gron.
    Hence, allēgāti (adl-), ōrum, m., deputies: inter adlegatos Oppianici, Cic. Clu. 13, 39; id. Q. Fr. 2, 3.
    1. B. Sometimes in the sense of subornare, to instigate or incite one to an act of fraud or deceit: eum adlegaverunt, suum qui servum diceret cum auro esse apud me, Plaut. Poen. 3, 5, 28: ut ne credas a me adlegatum hunc senem, * Ter. And. 5, 3, 28 Ruhnk.; cf. allegatus.
  2. II. To bring forward, to relate, recount, mention, adduce (post-Aug.): exemplum, Plin. Ep. 3, 15: hoc senatui adlegandum putasti, id. Pan. 70: decreta, id. ib. 70 fin.: merita, Suet. Aug. 47; so id. ib. 5: priorem se petitum ab Alexandro adlegat, Just. 16, 1; Stat. Achill. 2, 224.
    And in a zeugma: (legati) munera, preces, mandata regis sui adlegant, they bring or offer the gifts, entreaties, and mandates, Tac. H. 4, 84; cf.: orationem et per incensum deprecationem adlegans, Vulg. Sap. 18, 21: adlegare se ex servitute in ingenuitatem, a legal phrase, to release one’s self from servitude by adducing reasons, proofs, etc., Dig. 40, 12, 27.

2. al-lĕgo (adl-), ēgi, ectum, 3, v. a., to select for one’s self, to choose (qs. ad se legere; like adimere, = ad se emere); to admit by election, to elect to a thing, or into (a corporation; in the class. per. generally only in the histt.): Druidibus praeest unus … hoc mortuo, si sunt plures pares, suffragio Druidum adlegitur, * Caes. B. G. 6, 13 Herz. (Dinter here omits adlegitur): augures de plebe, Liv. 10, 6: octo praetoribus adlecti duo, Vell. 2, 89: aliquem in sui custodiam, Suet. Aug. 49; so, in senatum, id. Claud. 24: inter patricios, id. Vit. 1: in clerum, Hier. adv. Jov. 1, n. 34 al.
Poet.: adlegi caelo, Sen. Agam. 804.
Hence, al-lectus (adl-), a, um, P. a. Subst.,

  1. A. A member chosen into any corporation (collegium): collegae, qui unā lecti, et qui in eorum locum suppositi, sublecti; additi Adlecti, Varr. L. L. 6, § 66 Müll.
  2. B. Those who were added to the Senate from the equestrian order, on account of the small number of the Senators, were called adlecti, acc. to Paul. ex Fest. p. 7 Müll.; cf. Suet. Caes. 41; id. Vesp. 9.

† allēgŏrĭa, ae, f., = ἀλληγορία, an allegory, i. e. a figurative representation of a thought or of an abstract truth, under an image carried through to the end: continuus (usus comparationis) in allegoriam et aenigmata exit, Quint. 8, 6, 14; so id. 8, 6, 52: quae sunt per allegoriam dicta, are spoken allegorically, Vulg. Gal. 4, 24: allegoriarum explanationes, Arn. 5, p. 186 (in Cic. written in Greek, Or. 27, 94; id. Att. 2, 20).

† allēgŏrĭcus, a, um, adj., = ἀλληγορικός, allegorical: lex, Arn. 5, p. 183: ambages, id. 5, p. 186.
Adv.: allēgŏrĭcē, allegorically, Arn. 5, p. 183; Tert. adv. Marc. 3, 5 fin.; Aug. ad Genes. tit. 4, 28.

allēgŏrīzo, āvi, āre, v. n., = ἀλληγορέω, to allegorize, to speak in allegories, Tert. Res. Carn. 27; Hier. Ep. 61 ad Pamm. 3.

allēlūja, interj. [Heb. [??] = praise ye Jehovah] (the sec. syll. is short in Sid. Ep. 2, 10; Prud. Cath. 4, 72), Vulg. Psa. 104, 1; ib. Apoc. 19, 1 al.

* al-lēnīmentum (adl-), i, n. [lenio], a soothing remedy: tumultus, Amm. 27, 3, 9.

* allĕvāmentum (adl-), i, n. [1. allĕvo], a means of alleviating, alleviation: sine ullo remedio atque adlevamento, Cic. Sull. 23 fin.

allĕvātĭo (adl-), ōnis, f. [1. allĕvo].

  1. I. A raising up, elevating: umerorum adlevatio atque contractio, Quint. 11, 3.
  2. II. Trop., an alleviating, assuaging, easing: ut (doloris) diuturnitatem adlevatio consoletur, Cic. Fin. 1, 12, 40: nullam adlevationem, id. Fam. 9, 1.

* allĕvātor (adl-), ōris, m. [1. allĕvo], one who lifts or raises up: humilium, Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 36 (after the Heb. [??]).

al-lĕvio (adl-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [lĕvis], = allĕvo, to make light, to lighten.

  1. I. Lit.: ut (navis) alleviaretur ab eis, Vulg. Jonas, 1, 5; ib. Act. 27, 38.
  2. II. Trop., to raise up, relieve: alleviabit eum Dominus, Vulg. Jac. 5, 15: curas alicui, Just. Nov. Const. 13.
    Spec.: alleviata est terra Zabulon, is dealt lightly, leniently with, Vulg. Isa. 9, 1.

1. al-lĕvo (adl-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [1. lĕvo].

  1. I. Lit., to lift up, to raise on high, to raise, set up (in the ante-Aug. per. very rare, perh. only twice in Sall. and Hirt.; later often, esp. in Quint. and the histt.): quibus (laqueis) adlevati milites facilius ascenderent, * Sall. J. 94, 2: pauci elevati scutis, borne up on their shields (others: adlevatis scutis, with uplifted shields, viz. for protection against the darts of the enemy), Auct. B. Alex. 20: gelidos complexibus adlevat artus, Ov. M. 6, 249: cubito adlevat artus, id. ib. 7, 343: naves turribus atque tabulatis adlevatae, Flor. 4, 11, 5: supercilia adlevare, Quint. 11, 3, 79 (cf. the Gr. τὰς ὀφρῦς ἀνασπᾶν); so, bracchium, id. 11, 3, 41: pollicem, id. 11, 3, 142: manum, id. 11, 3, 94; Vulg. Eccli. 36, 3: oculos, Curt. 8, 14: faciem alicujus manu, Suet. Calig. 36: adlevavit eum, lifted him up (of the lame man), Vulg. Act. 3, 7 al.
  2. II. Trop.
    1. A. To lighten, alleviate, mitigate physical or mental troubles; or, referring to the individual who suffers, to lift up, sustain, comfort, console (class.): aliorum aerumnam dictis adlevans, old poet in Cic. Tusc. 3, 29, 71 (cf. Sophocl. Fragm. ap. Brunck. p. 588: Καλῶς κακῶς πράσσοντι συμπαραινέσας): ubi se adlevat, ibi me adlevat, * Plaut. Pers. 2, 5, 3: Allevat Dominus omnes, qui corruunt, Vulg. Psa. 144, 14: dejecistis eos, dum adlevarentur, ib. ib. 72, 18: onus, aliquā ex parte, Cic. Rosc. Am. 4, 10: sollicitudines, id. Brut. 3, 12: adlevor cum loquor tecum absens, id. Att. 12, 39: adlevare corpus, id. ib. 7, 1; Ov. Tr. 3, 8, 31: adlevor animum (poet.), Tac. A. 6, 43.
    2. B. To diminish the force or weight of a thing, to lessen, lighten: adversariorum confirmatio diluitur aut infirmatur aut adlevatur, Cic. Inv. 1, 42, 78: adlevatae notae, removed, Tac. H. 1, 52.
    3. C. To raise up, i. e. to make distinguished; pass., to be or become distinguished: C. Caesar eloquentiā et spiritu et jam consulatu adlevabatur, Flor. 4, 2, 10.

2. al-lēvo (adl-), less correctly al-laevo, āre, v. a., to make smooth, to smooth off or over (only in Col.): nodos et cicatrices adlevare, Col. 3, 15, 3: vitem ferro, id. 4, 24, 4: ea plaga uno vestigio adlevatur, id. 4, 24, 6.

* 1. allex, ĭcis, m., acc. to Isid. Gloss., the great toe; hence, in derision, of a little man: tune hic amator audes esse, allex viri? thou thumb of a man, thumbling? Plaut. Poen. 5, 5, 31.

2. allex = alec, q. v.

hallĕlūjah (āllĕlūia), interj. [Hebr. halal, to praise; Jah = Jehovah], praised be God! praise the Lord! Form hall-, August. Ep. 86, 178; Sid. Ep. 2, 10; Prud. Nol. Carm. 37, 56. Form all-, Vulg. Job, 13, 22; Psa. 104, 1; Apoc. 19, 1, 3, 4 al.
Deriv. hallĕlūjătĭcus, a, um: psalmi, devoted to praise, containing hallelujahs, August. Psa. 105.