decoy (v.) Copy link Outline I. Lit. (of animals)1. illĭcio, allĭcio, lexi, lectum, 32. ĭnesco, 1 (to entice by a bait)3. illice (aves, bestias) inducere atque capere (?)II. Fig. • decoy (v.): I. Lit. (of animals): 1. illĭcio, allĭcio, lexi, lectum, 3: comp. Pl. As. 1, 3, 67. 2. ĭnesco, 1 (to entice by a bait): Ter. 3. illice (aves, bestias) inducere atque capere (?): comp. subs. II. Fig.: illĭcio, allĭcio, pellĭcio: v. allure, seduce, inveigle.
decoy (subs) Copy link Outline I. Lit.1. illex or illix, ĭcis, m.2. allector (?)II. Fig. • decoy (subs): I. Lit.: 1. illex or illix, ĭcis, m.: a fowler am I: the bait a woman, the d. her bed, auceps sum ego; esca est meretrix, lectus illex est, Pl. As. 1, 3, 67. 2. allector (?): cf. Col. 8, 10. II. Fig.: any allurement: esca, illecebrae: v. allurement, seduction.
DECOY Copy link • DECOY 1. allicere; allectare; invitare et allectare, or allectare et invitare, all aliquem ad aliquid. illicere or pellicere aliquem in or ad aliquid: inescare (with a bait): to decoy in many ways, multa habere invitamenta. Vid: ALLURE. 2. As an act, allectatio. As a thing, invitamentum: incitamentum: illecebrae: a decoy bird, allector: illex (Plaut., Asin., 1, 3, 68). The place where wild ducks are decoyed, *locus anatibus capiendis factus, idoneus.