illicium

== English == === Etymology === Latin illiciō (“entice”) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɪˈlɪsiəm/ === Noun === illicium (plural illicia) (ichthyology) The modified dorsal fin on the head of anglerfish, acting as a lure. ==== Synonyms ==== esca == Latin == === Etymology === From illiciō + -ium. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɪlˈlɪ.ki.ũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ilˈliː.t͡ʃi.um] === Noun === illicium n (genitive illiciī or illicī); second declension attractant, enticement convocation ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). ==== Related terms ==== illex illecebra === References === “illicium”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. illicium in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung “illicium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press