illecebra
Appearance
Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From illiciō (“to allure, entice”) + -bra.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ilˈle.ke.bra/, [ɪlˈlʲɛkɛbrä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ilˈle.t͡ʃe.bra/, [ilˈlɛːt͡ʃebrä]
Noun
[edit]illecebra f (genitive illecebrae); first declension
- enticement, lure
- Synonym: illectāmentum
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun.
singular | plural | |
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nominative | illecebra | illecebrae |
genitive | illecebrae | illecebrārum |
dative | illecebrae | illecebrīs |
accusative | illecebram | illecebrās |
ablative | illecebrā | illecebrīs |
vocative | illecebra | illecebrae |
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Portuguese: ilécebras
References
[edit]- “illecebra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- illecebra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to be led astray, corrupted by the allurements of pleasure: voluptatis illecebris deleniri
- to be led astray, corrupted by the allurements of pleasure: voluptatis illecebris deleniri