illex

== Latin == === Alternative forms === inlex, inlix, illix === Etymology === From illiciō (“to entice, seduce”) +‎ -s. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɪl.lɛks] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈil.leks] === Adjective === illex (genitive illicis); third-declension one-termination adjective alluring, enticing, seductive ==== Declension ==== Third-declension one-termination adjective. ==== Related terms ==== illecebra illectō illectāmentum illecebrōsus === Noun === illex m or f (genitive illicis); third declension decoy, lure seducer, seductress ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== → Italian: illice === References === “illex”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “illex”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press illex in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung