pellax

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

pellax, ācis, adj. [pellicio], = ποικιλομήτης,

seductive , deceitful (poet. and postclass.; cf.: fallax, falsus): invidia pellacis Ulixi, * Verg. A. 2, 90: Juppiter, Arn. 5, 188.

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