illex
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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
