illecebra

Latin

Alternative forms

• inlecebra

Etymology

From illiciō (“to allure, entice”) +‎ -bra.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɪlˈlɛ.kɛ.bra]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ilˈlɛː.t͡ʃe.bra]

Noun

illecebra f (genitive illecebrae); first declension

1. enticement, lure
   • c. 117 CE, Tacitus, Annales 4.2:

     et severius acturos si vallum statuatur procul urbis inlecebris

     and they would behave more austerely if the encampment was placed away from the attractions of the city

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	illecebra	illecebrae
genitive	illecebrae	illecebrārum
dative	illecebrae	illecebrīs
accusative	illecebram	illecebrās
ablative	illecebrā	illecebrīs
vocative	illecebra	illecebrae

Related terms

• illecebrō
• illecebrōsē
• illecebrōsus
• illectāmentum
• illectātiō
• illectiō
• illectō

Descendants

• Portuguese: ilécebras

References

• “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, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be led astray, corrupted by the allurements of pleasure: voluptatis illecebris deleniri