allecto

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

allecto (adl-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. [allicio],

to allure , to entice (prob. only in the foll. exs.): ad agrum fruendum non modo non retardat, verum etiam invitat atque adlectat senectus, Cic. Sen. 16 fin. ; id. Lael. 26, 98: boves sibilo, Col. 2, 3, 2.

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