Lewis & Short

Parsing inflected forms may not always work as expected. If the following does not give the correct word, try Latin Words or Perseus.

ēlĭces, um, m. [e-liquor; cf. colliciae], a trench for drawing off water, a drain, Col. 2, 8, 3; 11, 2, 82; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 76, 2 Müll.; Serv. Verg. G. 1, 109; v. also elix.

ē-lĭcĭo, lĭcŭi and lexi (elicuit, Caes. B. C. 3, 100, 2: elexisse, Arn. 5, p. 154), lĭcìtum (part. elicitus, Stat. Th. 4, 414; Luc. 9, 932; Vell. 2, 104, 4), 3, v. a. [lacio], to draw out, entice out, to lure forth, to bring out, to elicit (class.).

  1. I. Lit.
    1. A. In gen.: aliquem hinc foras, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 1, 17; cf. id. Men. 5, 6, 3: hostem ex paludibus silvisque, Caes. B. G. 7, 32, 2: omnes citra flumen, id. ib. 6, 8, 2: hostes in suum locum, id. ib. 5, 50, 3: aliquem ad pugnam. id. B. C. 3, 38. 1; 3, 85, 2; Liv. 2, 62; cf.: aliquem in proelium, Tac. A. 15, 13: aliquem praemiis ex civitatibus sociorum ad subeunda pericula, Cic. Balb. 9: vatem ad colloquium, Liv. 5, 15: aliquem, ut, etc., id. 6, 34 fin.; cf. Cic. Tusc. 5, 7 fin.: premere ubera ad eliciendum lac, Vulg. Prov. 30, 33.
    2. B. In partic., in relig. lang.: Jovem, Manes, etc., to call forth, call down a god by religious rites; to raise, conjure up a departed spirit by magic arts, Ov. F. 3, 327; Plin. 28, 8, 27, § 104; Arn. 5, p. 154; Cic. Vatin. 6; Tib. 1, 2, 46; Hor. S. 1, 8, 29; Stat. Th. 4, 414; Luc. 6, 733; Tac. A. 2, 28 al.
      In a like sense: fulmina, to call down, Liv. 1, 20 fin.; Plin. 28, 2, 3, § 13.
  2. II. Trop.: terra elicit herbescentem ex eo (sc. semine) viriditatem, Cic. de Sen. 15, 51: vocem, to utter, speak, Cic. Deiot. 1 fin. (but in Lucr. 3, 58, and Cic. Tusc. 2, 24, 57, the better reading is eicere voces): voces et querelas, id. Brut. 80, 278: sermonem, Liv. 9, 6: verbum ex eo de via ac ratione dicendi, Cic. de Or. 1, 21, 97: sonos, id. N. D. 2, 60: sententiam alicujus, id. Att. 7, 1, 5; cf.: arcana ejus, Liv. 40, 23; and, veritatem, Tac. A. 4, 45: causas praesensionum, to elicit, ascertain, Cic. Div. 1, 8: misericordiam, Liv. 8, 28; Tac. H. 3, 58; cf. cupidinem, id. A. 16, 14: iram, Curt. 8, 5 fin.: studia civium, Tac. A. 15, 33 et saep.: ferrum e terrae cavernis, Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 151: ignem lapidum conflictu, id. ib. 2, 9 fin.: sanguinem, id. poët. Tusc. 1, 48 fin. Kühn.; Tac. A. 12, 47: sudorem, Plin. 25, 11, 89, § 189: alvum, to relax, id. 19, 5, 26, § 80: lacrimas, Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 13; Vell. 2, 104, 4: litteras, Cic. Att. 7, 12, 3; 9, 2: cadum, Hor. C. 4, 12, 17 et saep.