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|lshtext=<b>illex</b>: (inl-), ēgis, adj. in-lex,<br /><b>I</b> [[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.).<br /><b>illex</b>: or [[illix]] (inl-), ĭcis, adj. [[illicio]],<br /><b>I</b> [[alluring]], [[enticing]], [[seductive]] ([[ante]]- and post-class.).<br /><b>I</b> Adj.: oculi, App. Mag. p. 323: ars, Prud. adv. Symm. 2, 6: [[halitus]], id. Psych. 328.—More freq.,<br /><b>II</b> Subst. com.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> A [[decoy]], [[lure]]: [[aedis]] nobis [[area]]'st, [[auceps]] [[sum]] ego, Esca'st [[meretrix]], [[lectus]] [[illex]] est, amatores aves, Plaut. As. 1, 3, 67.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf., a [[seducer]], a seductress: malae rei tantae fuimus illices, Plaut. Poen. 3, 4, 35: [[illex]] animi [[Venus]], App. Mag. p. 295.