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|lshtext=<b>illĕcĕbra</b>: (inl-), ae, f. [[illicio]],<br /><b>I</b> an [[enticement]], in a [[good]] or [[bad]] [[sense]], an [[inducement]], [[attraction]], [[charm]], [[allurement]], [[bait]], [[lure]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit. ([[class]].; in <[[number]] opt="n">[[sing]].</[[number]]> and <[[number]] opt="n">plur.</[[number]]>; a favorite [[word]] of Cic.; cf.: [[invitatio]], [[invitamentum]]).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With gen. (subj. or obj.): quae tanta in ullo homine juventutis [[illecebra]] fuit, quanta in [[illo]]? Cic. Cat. 2, 4, 8: maxima est [[illecebra]] peccandi impunitatis [[spes]], id. Mil. 16, 43: [[voluptas]] est [[illecebra]] turpitudinis, id. Leg. 1, 11, 31: [[fallax]] [[illecebra]] admirationum, Gell. 10, 12, 4: quaestionis, id. 12, 5, 5.—In <[[number]] opt="n">plur.</[[number]]>: habet [[etiam]] [[amoenitas]] ipsa vel sumptuosas vel desidiosas illecebras multas cupiditatum, Cic. Rep. 2, 4: voluptatis, id. de Sen. 12, 40; id. Fam. 15, 16, 3: vitiorum ([[with]] lenocinia cupiditatum), id. Sest. 66, 138: corruptelarum, id. Cat. 1, 6, 13.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Absol.: [[munditia]] [[illecebra]] [[animo]] est amantūm, Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 4: ad [[quam]] illecebiam cum commoveretur [[nemo]], etc., Liv. 10, 4.—In <[[number]] opt="n">plur.</[[number]]>: suis te [[oportet]] illecebris ipsa [[virtus]] trahat ad [[verum]] [[decus]], Cic. Rep. 6, 23; 6, 1: jocum tentavit, eo [[quod]] Illecebris erat et grata novitate morandus Spectator, Hor. A. P. 223.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., concr.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Of an [[alluring]], [[seductive]] [[person]], an enticer, a [[decoy]]-[[bird]], Plaut. As. 1, 2, 25; id. Truc. 1, 2, 82; 4, 2, 46.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> A [[plant]], called also [[andrachne]] agria, Plin. 25, 13, 103, § 162; 26, 12, 79, § 128.