prolicio

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

prō-lĭcĭo, lixi (Not. Tir. p. 149), 3, v. a. [lacio],

to allure or entice forth , to entice , incite (poet. and in post - Aug. prose): ejus amos cupidam me huc prolicit per tenebras, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 2: voluptas tardā prolicienda morā, Ov. A. A. 2, 718: aliquem ad spem, Tac. A. 3, 73 fin.

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