elicio
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /eːˈli.ki.oː/, [eːˈlʲɪkioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /eˈli.t͡ʃi.o/, [eˈliːt͡ʃio]
Verb
ēliciō (present infinitive ēlicere, perfect active ēlicuī, supine ēlicitum); third conjugation iō-variant
Conjugation
Descendants
- English: elicit
References
- “elicio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “elicio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- elicio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to make a person laugh: risum elicere (more strongly excutere) alicui
- to extract a word from some one: verbum ex aliquo elicere
- to draw some one into an ambush: aliquem in insidias elicere, inducere
- to make a person laugh: risum elicere (more strongly excutere) alicui