elicio

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.).

I.

Lit.

A.

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.—

B.

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.—

II.

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.