The corpus record — Latin

illex2

illex2 · adj

without law

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Where it lives

Psychomachia 1 · 1.67/10k
Apologia 3 · 1.4/10k
Persa 1 · 1.27/10k
Asinaria 1 · 1.24/10k
Poenulus 1 · 0.91/10k
Apologeticum 1 · 0.5/10k

What it meant

1. illex — Lewis & Short

illex (inl-), ēgis, adj.in-lex,

I without law, contrary to law, lawless (anteclass.); as a term of reproach: impure, inhoneste, injure, inlex, labes popli, Plaut. Pers. 3, 3, 4; Caecil. ap. Non. 10, 24 (Com. Fragm. v. 60 Rib.).

2. illex — Lewis & Short

illex or illix (inl-), ĭcis, adj.illicio,

I alluring, enticing, seductive (ante- and post-class.).

I Adj.: oculi, App. Mag. p. 323: ars, Prud. adv. Symm. 2, 6: halitus, id. Psych. 328.—More freq.,

II Subst. com.

A A decoy, lure: aedis nobis area'st, auceps sum ego, Esca'st meretrix, lectus illex est, amatores aves, Plaut. As. 1, 3, 67.—

B Transf., a seducer, a seductress: malae rei tantae fuimus illices, Plaut. Poen. 3, 4, 35: illex animi Venus, App. Mag. p. 295.

In the wild

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Where it came from

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