prōlecto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a. [prolicio], to allure or entice forth (cf.: illicio, invito).
- I. Lit. (post-class.): lacrimae redeunt, prolectante gaudio, App. M. 5, p. 162, 8: mox prolectante studio, id. ib. 5, p. 159; 11, p. 259, 33: aviculae prolectatae verno vapore, id. ib. 11, p. 260, 21.
- II. Transf., to allure, entice, incite (rare but class.): egentes spe largitionis, * Cic. Fl. 8, 18: praeda puellares animos prolectat, Ov. F. 4, 433: sensus legentium, Vitr. 5 praef.: aliquam veneficiis ad nuptias, App. Mag. p. 331, 28: nuptialis gratiae nomine prolectatus, Mart. Cap. 8, § 804.
- B. To provoke: etiamne ultro tuis me prolectas probris? Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 38.