illex
τὸ λακωνίζειν πολὺ μᾶλλόν ἐστιν φιλοσοφεῖν ἢ φιλογυμναστεῖν → to behave like a Lacedaemonian is much more to love wisdom than to love gymnastics (Plato, Protagoras 342e6)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
illex: (inl-), ēgis, adj. in-lex,
I without law, contrary to law, lawless (anteclass.); as a term of reproach: impure, inhoneste, injure, inlex, labes popli, Plaut. Pers. 3, 3, 4; Caecil. ap. Non. 10, 24 (Com. Fragm. v. 60 Rib.).
illex: or illix (inl-), ĭcis, adj. illicio,
I alluring, enticing, seductive (ante- and post-class.).
I Adj.: oculi, App. Mag. p. 323: ars, Prud. adv. Symm. 2, 6: halitus, id. Psych. 328.—More freq.,
II Subst. com.
A A decoy, lure: aedis nobis area'st, auceps sum ego, Esca'st meretrix, lectus illex est, amatores aves, Plaut. As. 1, 3, 67.—
B Transf., a seducer, a seductress: malae rei tantae fuimus illices, Plaut. Poen. 3, 4, 35: illex animi Venus, App. Mag. p. 295.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) illēx (inl-), ēgis (in, lex), sans loi, contraire à la loi : Pl. Pers. 108 ; Cæcil. 60.
(2) illex¹⁶ (inl-), ou -lix, ĭcis (illicio), adj., tentateur, séducteur : Prud. Symm. 2, 6 || subst. m., appeau : Pl. As. 221 || séducteur, séductrice : Pl. Pœn. 745.
Latin > German (Georges)
(1) illex1 (inlex), licis (v. illicio), lockend, anlockend, verführerisch, esca illex, Lockspeise, Solin. 27, 28: formae ill., Cypr. de zel. et liv. 2: oculi, buhlerische, Apul. apol. 76: ars, Prud. c. Symm. 2, 6: os blandi iudicis, Prud. perist. 14, 16. – subst., a) f., ein Lockvogel, Plaut. asin. 221. – b) c., übtr., Anlocker, -erin, Verführer, -erin, illex animi Venus, Apul. apol. 31: malae rei tantae fuimus inlices, Plaut. Poen. 745: illices voluptates, Lact. 7, 27: 1: mala illex peccati indignatio est, Ambros. de off. 1, 21, 90.
(2) illēx2, lēgis (v. in u. lex), gesetzlos, ohne Gesetz lebend, sich nicht nach den Gesetzen richtend, Caecil. com. 60.
