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illĕcĕbra (inl- ), ae, f. illicio,
I.an enticement, in a good or bad sense, an inducement, attraction, charm, allurement, bait, lure.
I. Lit. (class.; in sing. and plur.; a favorite word of Cic.; cf.: invitatio, invitamentum).
II. Transf., concr.
A. Of an alluring, seductive person, an enticer, a decoy-bird, Plaut. As. 1, 2, 25; id. Truc. 1, 2, 82; 4, 2, 46.—
B. A plant, called also andrachne agria, Plin. 25, 13, 103, § 162; 26, 12, 79, § 128.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (15):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 15.16.3
    • Cicero, Against Catiline, 1.6.13
    • Cicero, Against Catiline, 2.4.8
    • Cicero, For Milo, 16.43
    • Cicero, For Sestius, 66.138
    • Horace, Ars Poetica, 223
    • Plautus, Asinaria, 1.2
    • Plautus, Menaechmi, 2.3
    • Plautus, Truculentus, 1.2
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 10, 4
    • Cicero, De Legibus, 1.11
    • Cicero, De Republica, 2.4
    • Cicero, De Republica, 6.23
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 10.12.4
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 12.5.5
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