illĭcĭo (inl-), lexi, lectum, 3 (inf. perf. sync. illexe, Att. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 27, 68; Fragm. Trag. v. 205 Rib.; Plaut. Merc. 1, 1, 45), v. a. [in-lacio],
to allure , entice , attract , seduce , inveigle , decoy (most freq. in a bad sense; allicere oftenest in a good sense; cf.: invito, prolecto, inesco; mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; perh. only once in Cic.; not in Caes.): qui non sat habuit conjugem illexe in stuprum, Att. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 27, 68 (Trag. Rel. p. 137 Rib.): is me ad illam illexit, Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 7: homines mente alienatos ad se (hyaena), Plin. 28, 8, 27, § 92: aliquem in fraudem, Plaut. Mil. 5, 42; id. Truc. 2, 2, 43; Ter. And. 911: quos ad bellum spes rapinarum illexerat, Sall. C. 59, 1: aliquem ad proditionem, id. J. 47 fin. : illectus praemio, id. ib. 97, 3: Gallorum fraude illectus, Tac. H. 4, 56; id. A. 13, 37: quin etiam illud par in utroque nostrum, quod ab eisdem illecti sumus, misled , led astray , Cic. Att. 9, 13, 3: cavere, ne illiciaris, Lucr. 4, 1145: invexisse in Galliam vinum, inliciendae gentis causa, Liv. 5, 33, 3: inlicite lucro mercatorem, ut, etc., id. 10, 17, 6: quietos Inlicere, ut cuperent vitam mutare priorem, id. 5, 169; so with ut , Lact. 2, 12, 18: inescandae illiciendaeque multitudinis causa, Vell. 2, 13, 2: pars dialectica utilis saepe illiciendo, implicando, Quint. 12, 2, 13.—Poet.: saltus, i. e. to surround with nets , Naev. ap. Non. 6, 18 dub. (Rib. Trag. Rel. v. 32 conject.: sublimen alios in saltus inlicite). —In a good sense: ut populus illiciatur ad magistratus conspectum, be summoned , Varr. L. L. 6, § 94 Müll.