illex
διὸ καὶ μεταλάττουσι τὴν φυσικὴν χρῆσιν εἰς τὴν παρὰ φύσιν αἱ δοκοῦσαι παρθένοι τῶν εἰδώλων → therefore those professing to be virgins of the idols even change the natural use into the unnatural (Origen, commentary on Romans 1:26)
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.
Latin > English
illex (gen.), illegis ADJ :: lawlwss, obeying no laws
illex illex (gen.), illicis ADJ :: false, fradulent
illex illex illicis N C :: one who entices/allures; decoy