illecebra

Latin

Alternative forms

• inlecebra

Etymology

From illiciō (“to allure, entice”) +‎ -bra.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ilˈle.ke.bra/, [ɪlˈlʲɛkɛbrä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ilˈle.t͡ʃe.bra/, [ilˈlɛːt͡ʃebrä]

Noun

illecebra f (genitive illecebrae); first declension

1. enticement, lure

   Synonym: illectāmentum

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	illecebra	illecebrae
genitive	illecebrae	illecebrārum
dative	illecebrae	illecebrīs
accusative	illecebram	illecebrās
ablative	illecebrā	illecebrīs
vocative	illecebra	illecebrae

Related terms

• illecebrō
• illecebrōsē
• illecebrōsus
• illectāmentum
• illectātiō
• illectiō
• illectō

Descendants

• Portuguese: ilécebras

References

• “illecebra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• illecebra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be led astray, corrupted by the allurements of pleasure: voluptatis illecebris deleniri