pellicio Latin · revision 9577

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''pelliciō''' (present infinitive pellicere, perfect active pellicuī or pellē̆xī, supine pellectum); third (-iō variant) conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ Also ''perliciō''; perfect ''pellexī'', but Laevius and Varro Atacinus have ''pellicuī''; the grammarians record a form ''pelliceō''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[per-]] and [[laciō]] “to entice”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Gaffiot 2016) 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 citation is from Plautus, of seducing.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to draw away, attract, as in Lucretius, and to win over by insidious means, seduce, captivate, as in Plautus and Terence.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to seduce, entice, allure, decoy.^(Stelten 1995) Medieval Latin had a different ''pellicio'', ''pellizo'', a fur coat, from [[pellis]].^(Niermeyer 1976)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius uses it of attracting.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To attract, draw away.^(OLD 2012)

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

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[pellāx]]

+ * [[pellicātor]]

+ * [[pellecebra]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[laciō]]

+ * [[illiciō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}