inlecebra

Latin

Noun

inlecebra f (genitive inlecebrae); first declension

  1. alternative form of illecebra
    • 106 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Cato Maior de Senectute 12.40:
      “ […] stupra vērō et adulteria et omne tāle flāgitium nūllīs excitārī aliīs inlecebrīs nisi voluptātis; […] .”
      “Indeed, debaucheries, adulteries, and every such disgrace are incited by no other allurements than those of sensual pleasure.”
      (Cicero’s character Cato the Elder quotes the Pythagorean philosopher Archytas of Tarentum.)

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative inlecebra inlecebrae
genitive inlecebrae inlecebrārum
dative inlecebrae inlecebrīs
accusative inlecebram inlecebrās
ablative inlecebrā inlecebrīs
vocative inlecebra inlecebrae

References

  • “inlecebra”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
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