illecebra

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ilˈle.ke.bra/, [ɪlˈlʲɛkɛbrä]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ilˈle.t͡ʃe.bra/, [ilˈlɛːt͡ʃebrä]

Noun

illecebra f (genitive illecebrae); first declension

  1. enticement, lure

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative illecebra illecebrae
Genitive illecebrae illecebrārum
Dative illecebrae illecebrīs
Accusative illecebram illecebrās
Ablative illecebrā illecebrīs
Vocative illecebra illecebrae

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
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