pellax

pellax, ācis, adj. [pellicio], = ποικιλομήτης,

• seductive, deceitful (poet. and post-class.; cf.: fallax, falsus): invidia pellacis Ulixi, * Verg. A. 2, 90: Juppiter, Arn. 5, 188.

pellāx, ācis (pellicio) = ποικιλομήτης, verführerisch, ränkevoll, verschmitzt, Ulixes, Verg. Aen. 2, 90: Iuppiter, Arnob. 5, 44: Geta, Auson. Technop. (XXVII) 9, 22. p. 137 Schenkl: adeo pellax esse voluisti, Iulian. bei Augustin. op. imp. c. Iul. 3, 162. – Adv. pellāciter, Aldh. de laude virgin. 44.

pellax [CL=seductive, winning, glib] 1 deceitful, deceptive. quamquam pellaces [v. l. fallaces] cantarent carmine vates Aldh. Aen. 57 (Aquila) 2; dum magus in taurum pellax sine voce susurrat, / corruit in terram quadrupes spiracula linquens Id. VirgV 580; vir Dei tandem hostis ~acis [v. l. invidi] ‥ millenas formas persentiens Felix Guthl. 34 p. 110; 925 regnante Theo inperpetuum architectorio opere precium constat ut presentium renum blandimenta et ~ax mundi prosperitas nullo monumento ducatur Ch. Burton 2 (= CS 642); o defesse, sagax curat quem caelica pinax, / et quia pellacis vitasti gaudia saecli, / cum numero vitae meruisti praemia summae! Frith. 1260; hac fraude jussu Haroldi tyranni composita, regiis adulescentulis est directa per ~aces cursores Enc. Emmae III 4; ~ax ‥ fallax, fraudulentus Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 416. 2 (as sb. m.) deceiver. eque domu mandat pellacem vertere gressus Æthelwulf Abb. 356.

pellāx, (16) ācis (pellicio), fourbe, trompeur, perfide : Virg. En. 2, 90 || séducteur : Arn. 5, 44.

pellax , acis. adj.
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pellāx ācis, adj.

• per+1 LAC-, seductive, deceitful: Ulixes, V.