allicio

allicio

Latin

Etymology

    From ad- + laciō.

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    alliciō (present infinitive allicere, perfect active allicuī or allē̆xī, supine allectum); third (-iō variant) conjugation

    1. to entice, lure or attract
      Synonyms: indūcō, sēdūcō, dēdūcō, sollicitō, persuādeō, pelliciō, capiō
    2. to win over
      Synonyms: dēdūcō, pelliciō, conciliō, perdūcō
    3. to obtain, gain, capture
      Synonyms: acquīrō, adipīscor, cōnsequor, lucror, parō, pariō, impetrō, mereō, sūmō, emō, potior, comparō, apīscor, obtineō, conciliō, colligō, nancīscor
      Antonym: āmittō

    Conjugation

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • French: allicier
    • Italian: allicere
    • Portuguese: aliciar

    References

    1. ^ Charles E. Bennett (1907), “Hidden Quantity”, in The Latin Language – a historical outline of its sounds, inflections, and syntax, Boston: Allyn and Bacon, page 66
    2. ^ Buck, Carl D. (1913), “Hidden Quantities again”, in The Classical Review, volume 27, number 4, page 124
    3. ^ W. Sidney Allen (1978), Vox Latina, 2nd edition, page 67

    Further reading

    • allicio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • allicio in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2026), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
    • allicio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
      • to arouse feelings of compassion in some one: ad misericordiam aliquem allicere, adducere, inducere