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2. illex or illix (inl-), ĭcis, adj. [illicio], alluring, enticing, seductive (ante- and post-class.).

  1. I. Adj.: oculi, App. Mag. p. 323: ars, Prud. adv. Symm. 2, 6: halitus, id. Psych. 328.
    More freq.,
  2. II. Subst. com.
    1. A. A decoy, lure: aedis nobis area’st, auceps sum ego, Esca’st meretrix, lectus illex est, amatores aves, Plaut. As. 1, 3, 67.
    2. B. Transf., a seducer, a seductress: malae rei tantae fuimus illices, Plaut. Poen. 3, 4, 35: illex animi Venus, App. Mag. p. 295.

illĭcĭo (inl-), lexi, lectum, 3 (inf. perf. sync. illexe, Att. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 27, 68; Fragm. Trag. v. 205 Rib.; Plaut. Merc. 1, 1, 45), v. a. [in-lacio], to allure, entice, attract, seduce, inveigle, decoy (most freq. in a bad sense; allicere oftenest in a good sense; cf.: invito, prolecto, inesco; mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; perh. only once in Cic.; not in Cæs.): qui non sat habuit conjugem illexe in stuprum, Att. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 27, 68 (Trag. Rel. p. 137 Rib.): is me ad illam illexit, Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 7: homines mente alienatos ad se (hyaena), Plin. 28, 8, 27, § 92: aliquem in fraudem, Plaut. Mil. 5, 42; id. Truc. 2, 2, 43; Ter. And. 5, 4, 8: quos ad bellum spes rapinarum illexerat, Sall. C. 59, 1: aliquem ad proditionem, id. J. 47 fin.: illectus praemio, id. ib. 97, 3: Gallorum fraude illectus, Tac. H. 4, 56; id. A. 13, 37: quin etiam illud par in utroque nostrum, quod ab eisdem illecti sumus, misled, led astray, Cic. Att. 9, 13, 3: cavere, ne illiciaris, Lucr. 4, 1145: invexisse in Galliam vinum, inliciendae gentis causa, Liv. 5, 33, 3: inlicite lucro mercatorem, ut, etc., id. 10, 17, 6: quietos Inlicere, ut cuperent vitam mutare priorem, id. 5, 169; so with ut, Lact. 2, 12, 18: inescandae illiciendaeque multitudinis causa, Vell. 2, 13, 2: pars dialectica utilis saepe illiciendo, implicando, Quint. 12, 2, 13.
Poet.: saltus, i. e. to surround with nets, Naev. ap. Non. 6, 18 dub. (Rib. Trag. Rel. v. 32 conject.: sublimen alios in saltus inlicite).
In a good sense: ut populus illiciatur ad magistratus conspectum, be summoned, Varr. L. L. 6, § 94 Müll.

illĭcĭum (inl-), ii, n. [illicio], that which entices, an allurement, inducement (ante-class.).

  1. I. In gen.: si transiturae sunt apes, alvearia apiastro perfricanda, quod illicium hoc illis, Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 22; in plur., ib. 31.
  2. II. Publicists’ t. t., a calling together of the people, Varr. L. L. 6, § 94 Müll.; cf. Fest. s. h. v. p. 113, 3 Müll.