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MorphologyDictionary- Charlton T. Lewis: An Elementary Latin Dictionary
- Cooper: Thesaurus Linguae Romanae et Brittanicae
- Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
- prōlecto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a. [id.], to allure or entice forth (cf.: illicio, invito). I. Lit. (post-class.):
lacrimae redeunt, prolectante gaudio
, App. M. 5, p. 162, 8: mox prolectante studio
, id. ib. 5, p. 159; 11, p. 259, 33: aviculae prolectatae verno vapore
, id. ib. 11, p. 260, 21.—II. Transf., to allure, entice, incite (rare but class.): egentes spe largitionis, Cic. Fl. 8, 18: praeda puellares animos prolectat
, Ov. F. 4, 433: sensus legentium
, Vitr. 5 praef.: aliquam veneficiis ad nuptias
, App. Mag. p. 331, 28: nuptialis gratiae nomine prolectatus
, Mart. Cap. 8, 804.—B. To provoke: etiamne ultro tuis me prolectas probris?
Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 38.
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