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Latin
Etymology
From ex- + laciō.
Pronunciation
Verb
ēliciō (present infinitive ēlicere, perfect active ēlicuī, supine ēlicitum); third conjugation iō-variant
- to draw or pull out or forth
- to entice, elicit, coax
- to conjure, summon (a spirit, god, etc.)
Conjugation
Descendants
References
- “elicio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “elicio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- elicio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to make a person laugh: risum elicere (more strongly excutere) alicui
- to extract a word from some one: verbum ex aliquo elicere
- to draw some one into an ambush: aliquem in insidias elicere, inducere