illicium

See also: Illicium

English

Etymology

Latin illiciō (“entice”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈlɪsiəm/

Noun

illicium (plural illicia)

1. (ichthyology) The modified dorsal fin on the head of anglerfish, acting as a lure.

Synonyms

• esca

Latin

Etymology

From illiciō +‎ -ium.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ilˈli.ki.um/, [ɪlˈlʲɪkiʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ilˈli.t͡ʃi.um/, [ilˈliːt͡ʃium]

Noun

illicium n (genitive illiciī or illicī); second declension

1. attractant, enticement
2. convocation

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	illicium	illicia
genitive	illiciī illicī1	illiciōrum
dative	illiciō	illiciīs
accusative	illicium	illicia
ablative	illiciō	illiciīs
vocative	illicium	illicia

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Related terms

• illex
• illecebra

References

• illicium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• illicium in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
• “illicium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press