(verb) : ē-lĭcĭo, lĭcŭi and lexi (elicuit, Caes. B. C. 3, 100, 2:
* Elexisse,Arn. 5, p. 154), lĭcìtum (part. elicitus, Stat. Th. 4, 414; Luc. 9, 932; Vell. 2, 104, 4), 3, lacio, to draw out, entice out, to lure forth, to bring out, to elicit (class.).
* Lit.
* In gen.: aliquem hinc foras,Plaut. Bacch. 3, 1, 17; cf. id. Men. 5, 6, 3: hostem ex paludibus silvisque,Caes. B. G. 7, 32, 2: omnes citra flumen,id. ib. 6, 8, 2: hostes in suum locum,id. ib. 5, 50, 3: aliquem ad pugnam. id. B. C. 3, 38. 1; 3, 85, 2; Liv. 2, 62; cf.: aliquem in proelium,Tac. A. 15, 13: aliquem praemiis ex civitatibus sociorum ad subeunda pericula,Cic. Balb. 9: vatem ad colloquium,Liv. 5, 15: aliquem, ut, etc.,id. 6, 34 fin.; cf. Cic. Tusc. 5, 7 fin.: premere ubera ad eliciendum lac,Vulg. Prov. 30, 33.
* Trop.: terra elicit herbescentem ex eo (sc. semine) viriditatem,Cic. de Sen. 15, 51: vocem,to utter, speak,Cic. Deiot. 1 fin. (but in Lucr. 3, 58, and Cic. Tusc. 2, 24, 57, the better reading is eicere voces): voces et querelas,id. Brut. 80, 278: sermonem,Liv. 9, 6: verbum ex eo de via ac ratione dicendi,Cic. de Or. 1, 21, 97: sonos,id. N. D. 2, 60: sententiam alicujus,id. Att. 7, 1, 5; cf.: arcana ejus,Liv. 40, 23; and, veritatem,Tac. A. 4, 45: causas praesensionum,to elicit, ascertain,Cic. Div. 1, 8: misericordiam,Liv. 8, 28; Tac. H. 3, 58; cf. cupidinem,id. A. 16, 14: iram,Curt. 8, 5 fin.: studia civium,Tac. A. 15, 33 et saep.: ferrum e terrae cavernis,Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 151: ignem lapidum conflictu,id. ib. 2, 9 fin.: sanguinem, id. poët. Tusc. 1, 48 fin. Kühn.; Tac. A. 12, 47: sudorem,Plin. 25, 11, 89, § 189: alvum,to relax,id. 19, 5, 26, § 80: lacrimas,Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 13; Vell. 2, 104, 4: litteras,Cic. Att. 7, 12, 3; 9, 2: cadum,Hor. C. 4, 12, 17 et saep.

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