allecto

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Γυνὴ γὰρ οὐδὲν οἶδε πλὴν ὃ βούλεται → Scit, quod cupiscit, femina, ulterius nihil → Denn eine Frau versteht nur, was sie will, sonst nichts

Menander, Monostichoi, 87

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

allecto: (adl-), āvi, ātum, 1,
I v. freq. [id.], to allure, to entice (prob. only in the foll. exs.): ad agrum fruendum non modo non retardat, verum etiam invitat atque adlectat senectus, Cic. Sen. 16 fin.; id. Lael. 26, 98: boves sibilo, Col. 2, 3, 2.