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Latin
Etymology
From ad- + laciō.
Pronunciation
Verb
alliciō (present infinitive allicere, perfect active allē̆xī, supine allectum); third conjugation iō-variant
- to entice, lure or attract
- Synonyms: indūcō, sēdūcō, dēdūcō, sollicitō, persuādeō, pelliciō, capiō
- to win over
- Synonyms: dēdūcō, pelliciō, conciliō, perdūcō
- 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
Descendants
References
- ^ 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
- ^ Buck, Carl D. (1913) “Hidden Quantities again”, in The Classical Review, volume 27, number 4, page 124
- ^ 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 (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
- allicio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to arouse feelings of compassion in some one: ad misericordiam aliquem allicere, adducere, inducere