alluring

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blandus, a, um, adj. [for mlandus; akin to meilichos, mollis, mulier; Goth. milds; Engl. mild], of a smooth tongue, flattering, fawning, caressing (class and very freq.).

Lit.:

blanda es parum,

Plaut. Cas. 3, 3, 21:

nemini credo qui large blandu'st dives pauperi,

id. Aul. 2, 2, 19:

ut unus omnium homo te vivat numquam quisquam blandior,

Ter. Hec. 5, 4, 21:

scis me minime esse blandum,

Cic. Att. 12, 5, 4:

unum te puto minus blandum esse quam me,

id. ib. 12, 3, 1:

blandum amicum a vero secernere,

id. Lael. 25, 95:

(Alcibiades) affabilis, blandus, temporibus callidissime inserviens,

Nep. Alcib. 1, 3:

an blandiores (mulieres) in publico quam in privato et alienis quam vestris estis?

Liv. 34, 2, 10:

tum neque subjectus solito nec blandior esto,

Ov. A. A. 2, 411:

canes,

Verg. G. 3, 496:

catulorum blanda propago,

Lucr. 4, 999; Nemes. Cyneg. 215; 230:

columba,

Ov. Am. 2, 6, 56:

tigres,

Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 604; Quint. 9, 4, 133; 11, 1, 30; 11, 3, 72 al.—

Poet. constr.

With gen.:

precum,

Stat. Achill. 2, 237.—

With acc.:

genas vocemque,

Stat. Th. 9, 155.—

With inf.:

blandum et auritas fidibus canoris Ducere quercus,

Hor. C. 1, 12, 11; Stat. Th. 5, 456. —

With abl.:

chorus implorat..doctā prece blandus ( = blande supplicans dis carmine quod poëta eum docuit. Orell. ad loc.),

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 135.—

Trop. (mostly of things).

Flattering, pleasant, agreeable, enticing, alluring, charming, seductive (cf. blandior, II. B.; blanditia, II.): blandā voce vocare, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 51 Vahl.):

ne blandā aut supplici oratione fallamur,

Cic. Phil. 7, 9, 26; Lucr. 6, 1245:

voces,

Verg. A. 1, 670; Cat. 64, 139:

preces,

Tib. 3, 6, 46; Hor. C. 4, 1, 8; id. A. P. 395; Ov. M. 10, 642:

querelae,

Tib. 3, 4, 75:

laudes,

Verg. G. 3, 185:

verba,

Ov. M. 2, 575; 6, 360:

dicta,

id. ib. 3, 375;

9, 156: os,

id. ib. 13, 555: pectus, Afran. ap. Non. p. 515.—So, voluptas, Lucr. 2, 966; 4, 1081; 4, 1259; 5, 179; Cic. Tusc. 4, 3, 6:

amor,

Lucr. 1, 20; Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 49:

Veneris blandis sub armis,

Prop. 4 (5), 1, 137:

amaracini liquor,

Lucr. 2, 847:

tura,

Tib. 3, 3, 2:

manus,

Hor. C. 3, 23, 18; cf. Ov. M. 2, 691:

aquae,

id. ib. 4, 344:

caudae,

id. ib. 14, 258 al.:

otium consuetudine in dies blandius,

Liv. 23, 18, 12:

blandiores suci,

Plin. 12, 1, 2, § 4; Suet. Tib. 27:

blandissima litora, Baiae,

Stat. S. 3, 5, 96; Plin. 9, 8, 9, § 32:

actio,

Quint. 7, 4, 27: ministerium, Cod. Th. 10, 10, 12, § 1.— With dat.:

et blandae superūm mortalibus irae,

Stat. Th. 10, 836:

neque admittunt orationes sermonesve... jucunda dictu aut legentibus blanda,

Plin. 1, prooem. § 12.—

Of persons:

filiolus,

Quint. 6, prooem. § 8; cf.: nam et voluptates, blandissimae dominae ( the most alluring mistresses), majores partes animi a virtute detorquent, Cic. Off. 2, 10, 37.—

Persuading by caressing, persuasive:

nunc experiemur, nostrum uter sit blandior,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 56. —Hence, adv., in three forms, soothingly, flatteringly, courteously, etc.

Anteclass. form blandĭter, Plaut. As. 1, 3, 69; id. Ps. 5, 2, 3; Titin. ap. Non. p. 210, 6 (also id. ib. p. 256, 15), and ap. Prisc. p. 1010 P.—

Class. form blandē, Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 9:

compellare hominem,

id. Poen. 3, 3, 72:

me adpellare,

id. Truc. 1, 2, 61:

adloqui,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 22:

dicere,

id. Ad. 5, 4, 24; cf.:

blande, leniter, dulciter dicere,

Quint. 12, 10, 71;

and blande ac benedice,

Plaut. As. 1, 3, 54:

rogare,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 16, 49:

excepti hospitio ab Tullo blande ac benigne,

Liv. 1, 22, 5:

quaerere,

Suet. Calig. 32:

linguā lambere,

Lucr. 5, 1066:

et satiati agni ludunt blandeque coruscant,

id. 2, 320:

colere fructus,

to treat carefully, gently, id. 5, 1368 (cf. blandimentum, II. B.):

flectere cardinem sonantem,

softly, carefully, Quint. Decl. 1, 13 al. — Comp.:

blandius petere,

Cic. de Or. 1, 24, 112: ad aurem invocabat, Cael. ap. Quint. 4, 2, 124:

moderere fidem,

Hor. C. 1, 24, 13 al. — Sup.:

blandissime appellat hominem,

Cic. Clu. 26, 72.—

blandum = blande:

ridere,

Petr. 127, 1.

blandus, a, um, adj. [for mlandus; akin to meilichos, mollis, mulier; Goth. milds; Engl. mild], of a smooth tongue, flattering, fawning, caressing (class and very freq.).

Lit.:

blanda es parum,

Plaut. Cas. 3, 3, 21:

nemini credo qui large blandu'st dives pauperi,

id. Aul. 2, 2, 19:

ut unus omnium homo te vivat numquam quisquam blandior,

Ter. Hec. 5, 4, 21:

scis me minime esse blandum,

Cic. Att. 12, 5, 4:

unum te puto minus blandum esse quam me,

id. ib. 12, 3, 1:

blandum amicum a vero secernere,

id. Lael. 25, 95:

(Alcibiades) affabilis, blandus, temporibus callidissime inserviens,

Nep. Alcib. 1, 3:

an blandiores (mulieres) in publico quam in privato et alienis quam vestris estis?

Liv. 34, 2, 10:

tum neque subjectus solito nec blandior esto,

Ov. A. A. 2, 411:

canes,

Verg. G. 3, 496:

catulorum blanda propago,

Lucr. 4, 999; Nemes. Cyneg. 215; 230:

columba,

Ov. Am. 2, 6, 56:

tigres,

Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 604; Quint. 9, 4, 133; 11, 1, 30; 11, 3, 72 al.—

Poet. constr.

With gen.:

precum,

Stat. Achill. 2, 237.—

With acc.:

genas vocemque,

Stat. Th. 9, 155.—

With inf.:

blandum et auritas fidibus canoris Ducere quercus,

Hor. C. 1, 12, 11; Stat. Th. 5, 456. —

With abl.:

chorus implorat..doctā prece blandus ( = blande supplicans dis carmine quod poëta eum docuit. Orell. ad loc.),

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 135.—

Trop. (mostly of things).

Flattering, pleasant, agreeable, enticing, alluring, charming, seductive (cf. blandior, II. B.; blanditia, II.): blandā voce vocare, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 51 Vahl.):

ne blandā aut supplici oratione fallamur,

Cic. Phil. 7, 9, 26; Lucr. 6, 1245:

voces,

Verg. A. 1, 670; Cat. 64, 139:

preces,

Tib. 3, 6, 46; Hor. C. 4, 1, 8; id. A. P. 395; Ov. M. 10, 642:

querelae,

Tib. 3, 4, 75:

laudes,

Verg. G. 3, 185:

verba,

Ov. M. 2, 575; 6, 360:

dicta,

id. ib. 3, 375;

9, 156: os,

id. ib. 13, 555: pectus, Afran. ap. Non. p. 515.—So, voluptas, Lucr. 2, 966; 4, 1081; 4, 1259; 5, 179; Cic. Tusc. 4, 3, 6:

amor,

Lucr. 1, 20; Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 49:

Veneris blandis sub armis,

Prop. 4 (5), 1, 137:

amaracini liquor,

Lucr. 2, 847:

tura,

Tib. 3, 3, 2:

manus,

Hor. C. 3, 23, 18; cf. Ov. M. 2, 691:

aquae,

id. ib. 4, 344:

caudae,

id. ib. 14, 258 al.:

otium consuetudine in dies blandius,

Liv. 23, 18, 12:

blandiores suci,

Plin. 12, 1, 2, § 4; Suet. Tib. 27:

blandissima litora, Baiae,

Stat. S. 3, 5, 96; Plin. 9, 8, 9, § 32:

actio,

Quint. 7, 4, 27: ministerium, Cod. Th. 10, 10, 12, § 1.— With dat.:

et blandae superūm mortalibus irae,

Stat. Th. 10, 836:

neque admittunt orationes sermonesve... jucunda dictu aut legentibus blanda,

Plin. 1, prooem. § 12.—

Of persons:

filiolus,

Quint. 6, prooem. § 8; cf.: nam et voluptates, blandissimae dominae ( the most alluring mistresses), majores partes animi a virtute detorquent, Cic. Off. 2, 10, 37.—

Persuading by caressing, persuasive:

nunc experiemur, nostrum uter sit blandior,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 56. —Hence, adv., in three forms, soothingly, flatteringly, courteously, etc.

Anteclass. form blandĭter, Plaut. As. 1, 3, 69; id. Ps. 5, 2, 3; Titin. ap. Non. p. 210, 6 (also id. ib. p. 256, 15), and ap. Prisc. p. 1010 P.—

Class. form blandē, Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 9:

compellare hominem,

id. Poen. 3, 3, 72:

me adpellare,

id. Truc. 1, 2, 61:

adloqui,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 22:

dicere,

id. Ad. 5, 4, 24; cf.:

blande, leniter, dulciter dicere,

Quint. 12, 10, 71;

and blande ac benedice,

Plaut. As. 1, 3, 54:

rogare,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 16, 49:

excepti hospitio ab Tullo blande ac benigne,

Liv. 1, 22, 5:

quaerere,

Suet. Calig. 32:

linguā lambere,

Lucr. 5, 1066:

et satiati agni ludunt blandeque coruscant,

id. 2, 320:

colere fructus,

to treat carefully, gently, id. 5, 1368 (cf. blandimentum, II. B.):

flectere cardinem sonantem,

softly, carefully, Quint. Decl. 1, 13 al. — Comp.:

blandius petere,

Cic. de Or. 1, 24, 112: ad aurem invocabat, Cael. ap. Quint. 4, 2, 124:

moderere fidem,

Hor. C. 1, 24, 13 al. — Sup.:

blandissime appellat hominem,

Cic. Clu. 26, 72.—

blandum = blande:

ridere,

Petr. 127, 1.

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dēlecto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. intens. a. [delicio].

To allure from the right path, to entice away, to seduce (only ante-class.): me Apollo ipse delectat, ductat Delphicus, Enn. ap. Non. 97, 32 (Trag. v. 390 Vahl.: delectare, illicere, attrahere, Non.): hostem, Quadrig. ib. 98, 2:

ubi sementem facturus eris, ibi oves delectato,

keep back, Cato R. R. 30 (also copied in Plin. 17, 9, 6, § 55). —

Meton. (effectus pro causa), to delight, sc. by attracting, alluring; to please, charm, amuse (freq. and class.; cf.: oblecto, juvo): mentem atque animum delectat suum, Enn. ap. Gell. 19, 10, 12:

Pamphilam arcesse, ut delectet hic nos,

Ter. Eun. 4, 1, 11:

non tam ista me sapientiae fama delectat, quam, etc.,

Cic. Lael. 4, 15; id. ib. 6 fin.:

sive Falernum to magis delectat,

Hor. S. 2, 8, 17 al. —With abl.:

delectari multis inanibus rebus, ut honore, ut gloria, etc.: animo autem virtute praedito... non admodum delectari,

Cic. Lael. 14:

jumentis,

Caes. B. G. 4, 2:

imperio,

id. B. C. 3, 82:

criminibus inferendis,

Cic. Lael. 18, 65:

carminibus,

Hor. Od. 4, 1, 23; cf.

iambis (with gaudere carmine),

id. Ep. 2, 2, 59 et passim:

interea cum Musis nos delectabimus aequo animo,

id. Att. 2, 4, 2; cf.:

cum Musis delectari,

Hyg. Astr. 2, 27.—With ab and abl.:

ut me ab eo delectari facilius quam decipi putem posse,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 13 fin.; so,

ab aliquo,

id. Fin. 1, 5, 14; id. Or. 57, 195 et saep.—With in and abl.:

in hoc admodum delector, quod, etc.,

id. Leg. 2, 7, 17 Goer.; cf. id. Fin. 1, 11, 39; id. Fam. 6, 4; cf.:

ille me delectat in omni genere,

id. Att. 16, 5, 2:

in alio sua quemque natura delectat,

Plin. Pan. 45, 1.—In ellipt. style, impers.:

me magis de Dionysio delectat,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 13 fin. —With inf. as subject:

quam delectabat eum defectiones solis et lunae multo ante nobis praedicere,

Cic. Lael. 14, 49; id. Tusc. 3, 26, 63; Quint. 1, 1, 29:

aedificare casas... si quem delectet barbatum,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 249; cf.:

me pedibus delectat claudere verba,

id. ib. 2, 1, 28:

delectat Veneris decerpere flores,

Ov. R. Am. 103.—In pass.: vir bonus et [p. 537] prudens dici delector, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 32; Phaedr. 5, 3, 9: delectat, impers. (late Lat.), Boeth. Cons. Phil. 2, 3.

dēlĭcātus, a, um, adj. [deliciae].

That gives pleasure, i. e. alluring, charming, delightful; luxurious, voluptuous.

Prop. (class.):

in illo delicatissimo litore,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 40:

navigia,

Suet. Vit. 10:

delicatior cultus,

id. Aug. 65:

delicati hortuli,

Phaedr. 4, 5, 26;

and so often of places: muliebri et delicato ancillarum puerorumque comitatu,

Cic. Mil. 10, 28:

convivium,

id. Att. 2, 14:

voluptates (with molles and obscenae),

id. N. D. 1, 40, 111 and 113; cf.:

molliores et delicatiores in cantu flexiones,

id. de Or. 3, 25, 98:

sermo,

id. Off. 1, 40, 144:

omnes hominis libidines delicatissimis versibus exprimere,

id. Pis. 29, 70:

versiculos scribens,

Cat. 50, 3.—

As a flattering appellation:

ubi tu es delicata?

Plaut. Rud. 2, 5, 8.—

Transf., soft, tender, delicate ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

capella,

Cat. 20, 10; cf.:

puella tenellulo delicatior haedo,

id. 17, 15:

oves,

Plin. Ep. 2, 11 fin.:

Anio delicatissimus amnium,

id. ib. 8, 17, 3; cf.:

ad aquam,

Curt. 5, 2, 9:

delicatior teneriorque cauliculus,

Plin. 19, 8, 41, § 137; Vulg. 1 Par. 22, 5.—

Addicted to pleasure; luxurious, voluptuous; and subst., a voluptuary, a wanton.

Prop.:

adolescens,

Cic. Brut. 53:

pueri,

id. N. D. 1, 36 fin.:

juventus,

id. Mur. 35, 74; cf.:

odia libidinosae et delicatae juventutis,

id. Att. 1, 19, 8 et saep.: quosdam e gratissimis delicatorum, i. e. of the paramours, paidikôn, Suet. Tit. 7; cf. in the fem.:

Flavia Domitilla, Statilii Capellae delicata,

id. Vesp. 3;

et luxuriosus,

Vulg. Deut. 28, 54; in inscriptions, delicatus and delicata simply mean favorite slave (cf. our terms valet and chamber-maid), Inscr. Orell. 2801-2805 and 4650.—

Transf.

Spoiled with indulgence, delicate, dainty, effeminate: nimium ego te habui delicatam ( I have spoiled you), Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 10:

equorum cursum delicati minutis passibus frangunt,

Quint. 9, 9, 4, 113; id. 11, 3, 132.—

Fastidious, scrupulous:

aures,

Quint. 3, 1, 3;

vah delicatus!

Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 37.—Hence, adv.: dēlĭcātē.

Delicately, luxuriously:

delicate ac molliter vivere,

Cic. Off. 1, 30, 106; cf. recubans (coupled with molliter), id. de Or. 3, 17, 63; and in the comp.:

tractare iracundos (with mollius), Sen. de Ira, 3, 9: odiosa multa delicate jocoseque fecit,

Nep. Alcib. 2 fin.; Vulg. Prov. 29, 21.—

At one's ease, tardily, slowly:

conficere iter (coupled with segniter),

Suet. Calig. 43:

spargit se vitis,

Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 179.

hāmātus, a, um, adj. [hamus], furnished with a hook, hooked.

Lit.:

ungues,

Ov. M. 12, 563:

harundo,

id. ib. 5, 384:

sentes,

id. ib. 2, 799.—

Transf., shaped like a hook, hooked, crooked: hamatis uncinatisque corporibus concreta haec esse dicat, * Cic. Ac. 2, 38, 121:

ensis, i. q. harpe,

Ov. M. 5, 80 (cf.:

ferrum curvo tenus abdidit hamo,

id. ib. 4, 720).—

Trop.:

hos ego viscatis hamatisque muneribus non sua promere puto, sed aliena corripere,

i. e. catching, alluring, Plin. Ep. 9, 30, 2 (cf. with hamus, id. Pan. 43 fin.; Mart. 6, 63, 5; v. hamus, I. B. 1. b.).

illĕcĕbra ( inl-), ae, f. [illicio], an enticement, in a good or bad sense, an inducement, attraction, charm, allurement, bait, lure.

Lit. (class.; in sing. and plur.; a favorite word of Cic.; cf.: invitatio, invitamentum).

With gen. (subj. or obj.):

quae tanta in ullo homine juventutis illecebra fuit, quanta in illo?

Cic. Cat. 2, 4, 8:

maxima est illecebra peccandi impunitatis spes,

id. Mil. 16, 43:

voluptas est illecebra turpitudinis,

id. Leg. 1, 11, 31:

fallax illecebra admirationum,

Gell. 10, 12, 4:

quaestionis,

id. 12, 5, 5.—In plur.:

habet etiam amoenitas ipsa vel sumptuosas vel desidiosas illecebras multas cupiditatum,

Cic. Rep. 2, 4:

voluptatis,

id. de Sen. 12, 40; id. Fam. 15, 16, 3:

vitiorum (with lenocinia cupiditatum),

id. Sest. 66, 138:

corruptelarum,

id. Cat. 1, 6, 13.—

Absol.:

munditia illecebra animo est amantūm,

Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 4: ad quam illecebiam cum commoveretur nemo, etc., Liv. 10, 4.—In plur.:

suis te oportet illecebris ipsa virtus trahat ad verum decus,

Cic. Rep. 6, 23; 6, 1:

jocum tentavit, eo quod Illecebris erat et grata novitate morandus Spectator,

Hor. A. P. 223.—

Transf., concr.

Of an alluring, seductive person, an enticer, a decoy-bird, Plaut. As. 1, 2, 25; id. Truc. 1, 2, 82; 4, 2, 46.—

A plant, called also andrachne agria, Plin. 25, 13, 103, § 162; 26, 12, 79, § 128.

illex ( inl-), ēgis, adj. [in-lex], without law, contrary to law, lawless (anteclass.);

as a term of reproach: impure, inhoneste, injure, inlex, labes popli,

Plaut. Pers. 3, 3, 4; Caecil. ap. Non. 10, 24 (Com. Fragm. v. 60 Rib.).

illex or illix ( inl-), ĭcis, adj. [illicio], alluring, enticing, seductive (ante- and post-class.).

Adj.:

oculi,

App. Mag. p. 323:

ars,

Prud. adv. Symm. 2, 6:

halitus,

id. Psych. 328.—More freq.,

A decoy, lure:

aedis nobis area'st, auceps sum ego, Esca'st meretrix, lectus illex est, amatores aves,

Plaut. As. 1, 3, 67.—

Transf., a seducer, a seductress:

malae rei tantae fuimus illices,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 4, 35:

illex animi Venus,

App. Mag. p. 295.

illĕcĕbra ( inl-), ae, f. [illicio], an enticement, in a good or bad sense, an inducement, attraction, charm, allurement, bait, lure.

Lit. (class.; in sing. and plur.; a favorite word of Cic.; cf.: invitatio, invitamentum).

With gen. (subj. or obj.):

quae tanta in ullo homine juventutis illecebra fuit, quanta in illo?

Cic. Cat. 2, 4, 8:

maxima est illecebra peccandi impunitatis spes,

id. Mil. 16, 43:

voluptas est illecebra turpitudinis,

id. Leg. 1, 11, 31:

fallax illecebra admirationum,

Gell. 10, 12, 4:

quaestionis,

id. 12, 5, 5.—In plur.:

habet etiam amoenitas ipsa vel sumptuosas vel desidiosas illecebras multas cupiditatum,

Cic. Rep. 2, 4:

voluptatis,

id. de Sen. 12, 40; id. Fam. 15, 16, 3:

vitiorum (with lenocinia cupiditatum),

id. Sest. 66, 138:

corruptelarum,

id. Cat. 1, 6, 13.—

Absol.:

munditia illecebra animo est amantūm,

Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 4: ad quam illecebiam cum commoveretur nemo, etc., Liv. 10, 4.—In plur.:

suis te oportet illecebris ipsa virtus trahat ad verum decus,

Cic. Rep. 6, 23; 6, 1:

jocum tentavit, eo quod Illecebris erat et grata novitate morandus Spectator,

Hor. A. P. 223.—

Transf., concr.

Of an alluring, seductive person, an enticer, a decoy-bird, Plaut. As. 1, 2, 25; id. Truc. 1, 2, 82; 4, 2, 46.—

A plant, called also andrachne agria, Plin. 25, 13, 103, § 162; 26, 12, 79, § 128.

lēno, no perf., ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [2. leno].

Neutr., to pimp, pander ( poet.): lenandi callidus arte, Poët. ap. Anth. Lat. T. 1, p. 611 Burm.—

Act., to procure: filiam suam, Schol. Juv. 6, 233: formosas puellas, Epigr. ap. Salmas. ad Vop. Car. 16: lenatae puellae, Poët. ap. Anth. Lat. T. 2, p. 587.

lēno, ōnis, m. [lenio], a pimp, pander, procurer.

Lit.:

perjurus leno,

Plaut. Capt. prol. 57:

leno me peregre militi Macedonico Minis viginti vendidit,

id. Ps. 1, 1, 49:

importunus,

id. Merc. prol. 44:

leno sum, fateor,

Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 34:

improbissimus et perjurissimus leno,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 7, 20:

insidiosus,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 172:

verba facit leno, etc.,

id. S. 2, 3, 231: cum [p. 1050] leno accipiat moechi bona, Juv. 1, 55.—

Transf.

A seducer, allurer:

lenonem quendam Lentuli concursare circum tabernas,

Cic. Cat. 4, 8, 17:

(puella) me lenone placet,

i. e. through my intervention, Ov. Am. 3, 12, 10.—

A go-between, Just. 2, 3, 8.— Adj.: se Narcissus amat captus lenonibus undis, alluring, seductive, Anth. Lat. T. 1, p. 102 Burm.