inesco

ĭn-esco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.

I.

To allure with bait, to entice (syn.: prolecto, illicio; mostly post- Aug.).

A.

Lit.:

sicut muta animalia cibo inescantur,

Petr. 140; cf.:

velut inescatam temeritatem ferocioris consulis,

Liv. 22, 41, 5.—

B.

Trop., to entice, deceive:

homines,

Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 12:

specie parvi beneficii inescamur,

Liv. 41, 23, 8:

inescandae multitudinis causa,

Vell. 2, 13.—

II.

To fill with food, to satiate (only in part. perf. and in App.):

gravi odore sulphuris inescatus,

App. M. 9, p. 228, 22; so id. ib. 7, p. 194, 8.