delenimentum

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

dēlēnīmentum (delin-), i, n. [delenio],

any thing that soothes, charms , or allures, a charm, blandishment, allurement, enticement (ante - class., and repeatedly since the Aug. period, but not in Cic. or Caes.), Afran. ap. Non. 2, 4, and 8 (twice); Liv. 4, 51; 7, 38; Tac. A. 2, 33; id. Agr. 21; id. H. 1, 77 al.

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