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inesco

inesco, to allure with bait, entice

ĭn-esco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.
  • To allure with bait, to entice (syn.: prolecto, illicio; mostly post- Aug.).
    • A Lit.: sicut muta animalia cibo inescantur, Petr. 140, 15; cf.: velut inescatam temeritatem ferocioris consulis, Liv. 22, 41, 5.—
    • B Trop., to entice, deceive: homines, Ter. Ad. 220: specie parvi beneficii inescamur, Liv. 41, 23, 8: inescandae multitudinis causa, Vell. 2, 13.—
  • II To fill with food, to satiate (only in part. perf. and in Ap.): gravi odore sulphuris inescatus, Ap. Met. 9, 24, 15; so id. ib. 7, 14, 8.

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