verb transitive

ĭn-esco

2nd PP ĭn-escāre · 3rd PP ĭn-escāvi · 4th PP ĭn-escātum · conj. 1st

To allure with bait; to entice

To allure with bait, to entice (syn.: prolecto, illicio; mostly post- Aug.).

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Lit.: sicut muta animalia cibo inescantur, Petr. 140; cf.: velut inescatam temeritatem ferocioris consulis, Liv. 22, 41, 5.—

to entice; deceive figuratively •

Trop., to entice, deceive: homines, Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 12: specie parvi beneficii inescamur, Liv. 41, 23, 8: inescandae multitudinis causa, Vell. 2, 13.—

To fill with food; to satiate •

To fill with food, to satiate (only in part. perf. and in App.): gravi odore sulphuris inescatus, App. M. 9, p. 228, 22; so id. ib. 7, p. 194, 8.

Perseus ID: n23032 Key: inesco