Latin

Verb

ēliciō ‎(present infinitive ēlicere, perfect active ēlicuī, supine ēlicitum); third conjugation iō-variant

1. I draw or pull out or forth
2. I entice, elicit or coax

Inflection

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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “elicio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, 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