pellicio

pellĭcĭo or perlĭcĭo, lexi, lectum, 3 (collat. form pellĭcĕo, ēre, Charis. p. 217 P.; Diom. p. 364 ib., prob. on account of the perf. pellicuit, Liv. Andron. ap. Prisc. p. 877 ib.), v. a. [per-lacio], to allure, entice, inveigle, decoy, coax, wheedle, etc.

I.

Lit. (class.): pellexit, in fraudem induxit, Paul. ex Fest. p. 207 Müll.; Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 68:

is senem per epistolas Pellexit,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 18:

mulierem imbecilli consilii pellexit ad se,

Cic. Fl. 30, 72:

animum adulescentis,

id. Clu. 5, 13:

populum in servitutem,

Liv. 4, 15 fin.:

qui Chaucos ad deditionem pellicerent,

Tac. A. 11, 19:

militem donis, populum annonā, cunctos dulcedine otii pellexit,

id. ib. 1, 2:

Florus pellicere alam equitum, ut, etc.,

id. ib. 3, 42:

animas instabiles,

Vulg. 2 Pet. 2, 14.— Poet.:

nec poterat quemquam placidi pellacia ponti Subdola pellicere in fraudem ridentibus undis,

Lucr. 5, 1005; 6, 1001.—

B.

Transf.: alienam segetem (alienas fruges, etc.), to draw away the fruits of another's land to one's own by incantations and magical arts, Serv. Verg. E. 8, 99; Plin. 18, 6, 8, § 41.—

II.

Trop.:

meā quidem sententiā multo majorem partem sententiarum sale tuo et lepore et politissimis facetiis pellexisti,

have brought over to your side, Cic. de Or. 1, 57, 243.