ĭn-esco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.
I To allure with bait , to entice (syn.: prolecto, illicio; mostly post- Aug.).
A Lit.: sicut muta animalia cibo inescantur, Petr. 140; cf.: velut inescatam temeritatem ferocioris consulis, Liv. 22, 41, 5.—
B Trop., to entice , deceive : homines, Ter. Ad. 220: specie parvi beneficii inescamur, Liv. 41, 23, 8: inescandae multitudinis causa, Vell. 2, 13.—
II To fill with food , to satiate (only in part. perf. and in Ap.): gravi odore sulphuris inescatus, Ap. Met. 9, 24, 15; so id. ib. 7, 14, 8.