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English
Etymology
Latin illiciō (“entice”)
Pronunciation
Noun
illicium (plural illicia)
- (ichthyology) The modified dorsal fin on the head of anglerfish, acting as a lure.
Synonyms
Latin
Etymology
From illiciō + -ium.
Pronunciation
Noun
illicium n (genitive illiciī or illicī); second declension
- attractant, enticement
- convocation
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
- illicium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- illicium in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
- “illicium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press