illecebra Latin · revision 32446

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=itc-pro *lak-i-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ɪlˈlɛ.kɛ.bra]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ilˈlɛː.t͡ʃe.bra]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''illecebra''' ''f'' (genitive illecebrae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

+ It is also spelled ''inlecebra''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|illiciō|-bra|t1=to allure, entice]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) [[m|la|illiciō]] is a compound of [[m|la|in-]] and the verb that de Vaan reconstructs as [[itc-pro|*lak-i-|t=to draw, pull]]; the simple [[m|la|laciō]] is found only in Paulus' epitome of Festus and may be a nonce form.^(de Vaan 2008) He rejects Walde and Hofmann's link with [[m|la|laqueus|t=noose]], since a stem *lakʷ- would have given -lequebra.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus has it first, in the saying that neatness is an enticement to the hearts of lovers.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is any means of attraction, an allurement or lure, in a good or a bad sense; with a genitive an incitement, as Plautus' incitement to lust.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Plautus also applies it to a person, a lure in human form.^(OLD 2012) Lewis & Short call it a favourite word of Cicero.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Apuleius uses it of enticement by magic.^(OLD 2012) Pliny the Elder gives it as the Italian name of a kind of stonecrop.^(OLD 2012) Church Latin glosses it allurement, charm, inducement.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of enticements and of a person as a lure.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it often.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder of a plant.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 125–175 AD – Apuleius of magic spells.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # An [[m|en|allurement]], [[m|en|enticement]], [[m|en|lure]], charm; an incitement.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Stelten 1995)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A person who entices, a lure.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Enticement by magic.^(OLD 2012)

+ # A kind of [[m|en|stonecrop]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[illecebro]]

+ * [[illecebrōsus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[illicio|alt=illiciō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}