illicio Latin · revision 9557

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Plautus|origins=la laciō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ɪlˈlɪ.ki.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ilˈliː.t͡ʃi.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''illiciō''' (present infinitive illicere, perfect active illē̆xī, supine illectum); third (-iō variant) conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ Also ''inliciō'', and Plautus and Accius have the syncopated perfect infinitive ''illexe''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[in-]] “in” and [[laciō]] “to entice”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan reconstructs [[itc-pro|*lak-i-|t=to draw, pull]] for ⟨laciō⟩.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Plautus, of enticing someone somewhere.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to entice, attract to a place, as in Plautus, and to lure, inveigle into a course of action one would otherwise avoid, as in Cicero.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to entice, allure, seduce, decoy, inveigle.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 170–c. 90 BC – Accius uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of luring.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|entice]], attract.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To lure, [[m|en|inveigle]], seduce.^(OLD 2012)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[illectus]]

+ * [[illicibilis]]

+ * [[illicium]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[laciō]]

+ * [[ēliciō]]

+ * [[illecebra]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}