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Menander, Monostichoi, 412

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

pellācĭa: ae, f. pellax,
I an allurement, enticement, blandishment.
I In gen. (poet. and very rare; in Verg. G. 4, 443, fallacia is the correct read.; v. Wagner ad loc.): placidi pellacia ponti, Lucr. 5, 1004.—
II In partic., seduction (post-class.): Jovialis monumentum pellaciae, Arn. 5, 171; 4, 147.