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prolecto

prolecto, to allure, entice forth, lead on

prōlecto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a. [prolicio], to allure or entice forth (cf.: illicio, invito).
  • I Lit. (post-class.): lacrimae redeunt, prolectante gaudio, Ap. Met. 5, 7, 18; mox prolectante studio, id. ib. 5, 2, 3; 11, p. 259, 33 (not found); aviculae prolectatae verno vapore, id. ib. 11, 7, 15.—
  • 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, Ap. Apol. 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 (567).

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