paelex Copy link Outline I. Lit.II. Transf.A. A kept mistress, concubine, in gen.B. A male prostitute , Paul. ex ...C. Comically, a substitute ⓘpellice: fem abl sg • paelex (pēlex, and, only in inscriptions, pellex), icis, f. [akin to Sanscr. pallavaka, girl; Gr. παλλακίς, concubine], a kept mistress, concubine of a married man. I. Lit.: antiqui proprie eam pelicem nominabant, quae uxorem habenti nubebat. Cui generi mulierum etiam poena constituta est a Numā Pompilio hāc lege: paelex aram Junonis ne tangito, etc., Paul. ex Fest. p. 222 Müll.; cf. Gell. 4, 3, 3: libro Memorialium Masurius scribit: pelicem apud antiquos eam habitam, quae, cum uxor non esset, cum aliquo tamen vivebat eamque nunc vero nomine amicam, paulo honestiore concubinam appellari, Dig. 50, 16, 144; Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 39; id. Merc. 4, 1, 24 et saep.—With gen. of the wronged wife: filiae paelex, Cic. Clu. 70, 199; id. Or. 30, 108: tune eris et matris paelex et adultera patris? Ov. M. 10, 347: illa Jovis magni paelex, metuenda sorori, id. H. 14, 95: fugit (Medea) ulta paelicem, Magni Creontis filiam, Hor. Epod. 5, 63: horrida, Juv. 2, 57.— Poet., of the cows, as rivals of Pasiphaë, who had become enamoured of a bull, Ov. A. A. 1, 321.— II. Transf. A. A kept mistress, concubine, in gen. (post-class.): virginem constupratam servo suo paelicem dederat, Curt. 10, 1, 5: Artaxerxi regi Persarum ex paelicibus centum et quindecim filii fuere, Just. 10, 1, 1; cf.: Granius Flaccus scribit, pelicem quosdam vocare eam, quae uxoris loco sine nuptiis in domo sit. Dig. 50, 16, 144.— B. A male prostitute (postclass.), Paul. ex Fest. p. 222 Müll.: Dolabella eum (Caesarem) pelicem reginae (appellavit), as the favorite of King Nicomedes, Suet. Caes. 49; in apposition, pelices ministri, Mart. 12, 97, 3.—* C. Comically, a substitute: quoties pelex culcita facta mea est (sc. matellae), Mart. 14, 119, 2.
pellĭcĭo Copy link Outline I. Lit.B. Transf.II. Trop. ⓘpellĭce: pres imperat act 2nd sgpellĭcē: pres imperat act 2nd sg • 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.
pellĭcĭō Copy link Outline 1 attirer insidieusement, séduire, gagner, enjôler : il séduisit cette femme ; faire ...2 [fig.] obtenir par adresse, capter :3 attirer [en gén.] : [en parl. de l'aimant] || attirer par enchantements ... ⓘpellĭce: pres imperat act 2nd sg • pellĭcĭō, lexī, lectum, ĕre (per, lacio), tr., 1. attirer insidieusement, séduire, gagner, enjôler : Pl. Men. 343 ; Ter. Phorm. 68 ; Cic. Clu. 13 ; mulierem pellexit ad se Cic. Fl. 72, il séduisit cette femme ; pellicere in fraudem Lucr. 5, 1005, faire tomber dans le piège, cf. Liv. 4, 15 2. [fig.] obtenir par adresse, capter : Cic. de Or. 1, 243 3. attirer [en gén.] : [en parl. de l'aimant] Lucr. 6, 1001 || attirer par enchantements la moisson d'autrui dans son champ : Serv. B. 8, 99 ; Plin. 18, 41.
pellĭcĕō Copy link ⓘpellĭcē: pres imperat act 2nd sg • pellĭcĕō, ŭī, ēre, c. pellicio : Prisc. Gramm. 10, 3.