ē-lĭcĭo

al-lĭcĭo ( adl-), lexi, lectum, 3 (acc. to Charis. 217, and Diom. 364 P., also adliceo, ēre, perf. allicui, Piso ap. Prisc. 877 P., and Hyg. Astr. 2, 7), v. a. [lacio].

Lit., to draw to one's self, to attract (in Cic. freq., elsewhere rare;

never in Ter., Hor., or Juv.): Si magnetem lapidem dicam, qui ferrum ad se adliciat et attrahat,

Cic. Div. 1, 39, 86.—

Trop.: rex sum, si ego illum hodie hominem ad me adlexero, * Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 58: adlicit aurīs, * Lucr. 6, 183 (Lachm. here reads adficit):

adlicere ad misericordiam,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 9, 24:

nostris officiis benevolentiam,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 71, § 182; so id. Mur. 35, 74; id. Planc. 4, 11:

adlicere hominum mentes dicendo,

id. Orat. 1, 8, 30: quae adliciant animum, * Vulg. Deut. 17, 17; Cic. Off. 2, 14, 48; id. Tusc. 1, 3, 6; id. Div. 1, 39, 86; id. Lael. 8, 28; id. Fam. 1, 9; 2, 15 al.:

adliciunt somnos tempus motusque merumque,

Ov. F. 6, 681:

comibus est oculis adliciendus amor,

id. A. A. 3, 510:

gelidas nocturno frigore pestes,

Luc. 9, 844:

Gallias,

Tac. H. 1, 61; 2, 5.

al-lĭcĭo ( adl-), lexi, lectum, 3 (acc. to Charis. 217, and Diom. 364 P., also adliceo, ēre, perf. allicui, Piso ap. Prisc. 877 P., and Hyg. Astr. 2, 7), v. a. [lacio].

Lit., to draw to one's self, to attract (in Cic. freq., elsewhere rare;

never in Ter., Hor., or Juv.): Si magnetem lapidem dicam, qui ferrum ad se adliciat et attrahat,

Cic. Div. 1, 39, 86.—

Trop.: rex sum, si ego illum hodie hominem ad me adlexero, * Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 58: adlicit aurīs, * Lucr. 6, 183 (Lachm. here reads adficit):

adlicere ad misericordiam,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 9, 24:

nostris officiis benevolentiam,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 71, § 182; so id. Mur. 35, 74; id. Planc. 4, 11:

adlicere hominum mentes dicendo,

id. Orat. 1, 8, 30: quae adliciant animum, * Vulg. Deut. 17, 17; Cic. Off. 2, 14, 48; id. Tusc. 1, 3, 6; id. Div. 1, 39, 86; id. Lael. 8, 28; id. Fam. 1, 9; 2, 15 al.:

adliciunt somnos tempus motusque merumque,

Ov. F. 6, 681:

comibus est oculis adliciendus amor,

id. A. A. 3, 510:

gelidas nocturno frigore pestes,

Luc. 9, 844:

Gallias,

Tac. H. 1, 61; 2, 5.

ē-lĭcĭo, lĭcŭi and lexi (elicuit, Caes. B. C. 3, 100, 2:

elexisse,

Arn. 5, p. 154), lĭcìtum ( part. elicitus, Stat. Th. 4, 414; Luc. 9, 932; Vell. 2, 104, 4), 3, v. a. [lacio], to draw out, entice out, to lure forth, to bring out, to elicit (class.).

Lit.

In gen.:

aliquem hinc foras,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 1, 17; cf. id. Men. 5, 6, 3:

hostem ex paludibus silvisque,

Caes. B. G. 7, 32, 2:

omnes citra flumen,

id. ib. 6, 8, 2:

hostes in suum locum,

id. ib. 5, 50, 3: aliquem ad pugnam. id. B. C. 3, 38. [p. 638] 1; 3, 85, 2; Liv. 2, 62; cf.:

aliquem in proelium,

Tac. A. 15, 13:

aliquem praemiis ex civitatibus sociorum ad subeunda pericula,

Cic. Balb. 9:

vatem ad colloquium,

Liv. 5, 15:

aliquem, ut, etc.,

id. 6, 34 fin.; cf. Cic. Tusc. 5, 7 fin.:

premere ubera ad eliciendum lac,

Vulg. Prov. 30, 33.—

In partic., in relig. lang.: Jovem, Manes, etc., to call forth, call down a god by religious rites; to raise, conjure up a departed spirit by magic arts, Ov. F. 3, 327; Plin. 28, 8, 27, § 104; Arn. 5, p. 154; Cic. Vatin. 6; Tib. 1, 2, 46; Hor. S. 1, 8, 29; Stat. Th. 4, 414; Luc. 6, 733; Tac. A. 2, 28 al.—In a like sense:

fulmina,

to call down, Liv. 1, 20 fin.; Plin. 28, 2, 3, § 13.—

Trop.:

terra elicit herbescentem ex eo (sc. semine) viriditatem,

Cic. de Sen. 15, 51:

vocem,

to utter, speak, Cic. Deiot. 1 fin. (but in Lucr. 3, 58, and Cic. Tusc. 2, 24, 57, the better reading is eicere voces):

voces et querelas,

id. Brut. 80, 278:

sermonem,

Liv. 9, 6:

verbum ex eo de via ac ratione dicendi,

Cic. de Or. 1, 21, 97:

sonos,

id. N. D. 2, 60:

sententiam alicujus,

id. Att. 7, 1, 5; cf.:

arcana ejus,

Liv. 40, 23;

and, veritatem,

Tac. A. 4, 45:

causas praesensionum,

to elicit, ascertain, Cic. Div. 1, 8:

misericordiam,

Liv. 8, 28; Tac. H. 3, 58; cf.

cupidinem,

id. A. 16, 14:

iram,

Curt. 8, 5 fin.:

studia civium,

Tac. A. 15, 33 et saep.:

ferrum e terrae cavernis,

Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 151:

ignem lapidum conflictu,

id. ib. 2, 9 fin.: sanguinem, id. poët. Tusc. 1, 48 fin. Kühn.; Tac. A. 12, 47:

sudorem,

Plin. 25, 11, 89, § 189:

alvum,

to relax, id. 19, 5, 26, § 80:

lacrimas,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 13; Vell. 2, 104, 4:

litteras,

Cic. Att. 7, 12, 3; 9, 2:

cadum,

Hor. C. 4, 12, 17 et saep.

līcium, ĭi, n., the thrum or leash, the ends of a web to which those of the new piece are fastened.

Lit.:

licia telae Addere,

i. e. to weave, Verg. G. 1, 285:

adnectit licia telis,

Tib. 1, 6, 79:

plurimis liciis texere, quae polymita appellant, Alexandria instituit,

Plin. 8, 48, 74, § 196.—

Transf.

A thread of the web:

per licia texta querelas Edidit et tacitis mandavit crimina telis,

Aus. Ep. 23, 14.—

A thread of any thing woven:

licia dependent longas velantia sepes,

Ov. F. 3, 267:

cinerem fici cum aluta inligatum licio e collo suspendere,

Plin. 23, 7, 63, § 125.—Often used in charms and spells:

tum cantata ligat cum fusco licia rhombo,

Ov. F. 2, 575:

terna tibi haec primum triplici diversa colore Licia circumdo,

Verg. E. 8, 73; Plin. 28, 4, 12, § 48.—As an ornament for the head, worn by women: licia crinibus addunt, Prud. ap. Symm. 2, 1104.—

A small girdle or belt around the abdomen; so in the law phrase: per lancem et licium furta concipere, i. e. to search in a house for stolen property; this was done per licium, with which the person making the search was covered, and per lancem, which he held before his face, in order not to be recognized by the women. This lanx was perforated. He was clothed [p. 1064] with a licium instead of his usual garments, that he might not be suspected of having brought in his clothes that which he might find and recognize as stolen property, Gell. 11, 18, 9; 16, 10; v. lanx.

līmus, a, um ( līmis, e, Amm. 20, 9, 2; v. infra), adj. [Gr. lechrios, lechris, loxos; Lat. licinus, ob-liquus, luxus], sidelong, askew, aslant, askance.

Lit.:

limis oculis aspicere,

to look sideways, look askance, Plaut. Mil. 4, 6, 2:

limis subrisit ocellis,

Ov. Am. 3, 1, 33:

(leones) nec limis intuentur oculis aspicique simili modo nolunt,

Plin. 8, 16, 19, § 52:

limibus oculis eos contuens,

Amm. 20, 9.—So, limis aspicere (sc. oculis), Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 53:

limi, et ut sic dicam venerei (sc. oculi),

Quint. 11, 3, 76:

oculi contuitu quoque multiformes, truces et limi,

Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 145:

limi Di,

the guardian gods of obliquities, Arn. 4, 132.—

Transf., of persons, looking sideways: neque post respiciens, neque ante prospiciens, sed limus intra limites culinae, Varr. ap. Non. 133, 31; cf. id. ib. 442, 33.—Hence, adv.: līmō, sideways, askance:

leones numquam limo vident,

Sol. 27, 20; for which: limis oculis in Plin. 8, 16, 19, § 52 (v. the passage above).

līmus, i, m. [root lib-; Gr. leibô, to pour; cf. Lat. lino; Gr. limnê, limên], slime, mud, mire.

Lit.:

atque omnis mundi quasi limus in imum Confluxit gravis et subsedit funditus ut faex,

Lucr. 5, 496: luta et limum aggerebant, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 212, 16:

frumenti acervos sedisse illitos limo,

Liv. 2, 5:

profundo limo cum ipsis equis hausti sunt,

id. 31, 27:

amnis abundans Exit et obducto late tenet omnia limo,

Verg. G. 1, 116:

amnes Felicem trahunt limum,

id. ib. 2, 188:

limo Turbata aqua,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 59:

veteri craterae limus adhaesit,

id. ib. 2, 4, 80.—

Transf.

Excrement in the intestines, Pall. 3, 31.—

Dirt, mire:

limumque inducere monstrat,

Ov. F. 3, 759.—

Trop., filth, pollution, etc.:

pectora sic mihi sunt limo vitiata malorum,

Ov. P. 4, 2, 17.

līmus, i, m. [perh. for lig-mus, from ligo], a girdle or apron trimmed with purple, which the sacrificing priests and other servants of the magistrates wore about the abdomen:

velati limo,

Verg. A. 12, 120; cf.: limus autem est vestis, qua ab umbilico usque ad pedes teguntur pudenda poparum. Haec autem vestis in extremo sui purpuram limam, i. e. flexuosam habet. Unde et nomen accepit. Nam limum obliquum dicimus, Serv. ad Verg. l. l.: licio transverso, quod limum appellatur, cincti erant, Tiro ap. Gell. 12, 3, 3.

Līmus, i, m., the god of oblique glances, Arn. 4, cap. 9.

līmus, a, um ( līmis, e, Amm. 20, 9, 2; v. infra), adj. [Gr. lechrios, lechris, loxos; Lat. licinus, ob-liquus, luxus], sidelong, askew, aslant, askance.

Lit.:

limis oculis aspicere,

to look sideways, look askance, Plaut. Mil. 4, 6, 2:

limis subrisit ocellis,

Ov. Am. 3, 1, 33:

(leones) nec limis intuentur oculis aspicique simili modo nolunt,

Plin. 8, 16, 19, § 52:

limibus oculis eos contuens,

Amm. 20, 9.—So, limis aspicere (sc. oculis), Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 53:

limi, et ut sic dicam venerei (sc. oculi),

Quint. 11, 3, 76:

oculi contuitu quoque multiformes, truces et limi,

Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 145:

limi Di,

the guardian gods of obliquities, Arn. 4, 132.—

Transf., of persons, looking sideways: neque post respiciens, neque ante prospiciens, sed limus intra limites culinae, Varr. ap. Non. 133, 31; cf. id. ib. 442, 33.—Hence, adv.: līmō, sideways, askance:

leones numquam limo vident,

Sol. 27, 20; for which: limis oculis in Plin. 8, 16, 19, § 52 (v. the passage above).

līmus, i, m. [root lib-; Gr. leibô, to pour; cf. Lat. lino; Gr. limnê, limên], slime, mud, mire.

Lit.:

atque omnis mundi quasi limus in imum Confluxit gravis et subsedit funditus ut faex,

Lucr. 5, 496: luta et limum aggerebant, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 212, 16:

frumenti acervos sedisse illitos limo,

Liv. 2, 5:

profundo limo cum ipsis equis hausti sunt,

id. 31, 27:

amnis abundans Exit et obducto late tenet omnia limo,

Verg. G. 1, 116:

amnes Felicem trahunt limum,

id. ib. 2, 188:

limo Turbata aqua,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 59:

veteri craterae limus adhaesit,

id. ib. 2, 4, 80.—

Transf.

Excrement in the intestines, Pall. 3, 31.—

Dirt, mire:

limumque inducere monstrat,

Ov. F. 3, 759.—

Trop., filth, pollution, etc.:

pectora sic mihi sunt limo vitiata malorum,

Ov. P. 4, 2, 17.

līmus, i, m. [perh. for lig-mus, from ligo], a girdle or apron trimmed with purple, which the sacrificing priests and other servants of the magistrates wore about the abdomen:

velati limo,

Verg. A. 12, 120; cf.: limus autem est vestis, qua ab umbilico usque ad pedes teguntur pudenda poparum. Haec autem vestis in extremo sui purpuram limam, i. e. flexuosam habet. Unde et nomen accepit. Nam limum obliquum dicimus, Serv. ad Verg. l. l.: licio transverso, quod limum appellatur, cincti erant, Tiro ap. Gell. 12, 3, 3.

Līmus, i, m., the god of oblique glances, Arn. 4, cap. 9.