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pellax

pellax, seductive, deceitful

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

pellāx, ācis: adj. (pelliciō), leading into error; wily, deceitful, artful, 2.90.
pellax, ācis, adj. [pellicio], = ποικιλομήτης,
  • seductive, deceitful (poet. and post-class.; cf.: fallax, falsus): invidia pellacis Ulixi, * Verg. A. 2, 90: Juppiter, Arn. 5, 188.

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