LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

pellācia

pellācia f (genitive pellāciae)
Classical[pɛlˈlaː.ki.a]Ecclesiastical[pelˈlaː.t͡ʃi.a]

Meaning

  1. allurement, enticement
    nam temere in cassum frūstrā mare saepe coortum saevībat leviterque minās pōnēbat inānīs, nec poterat quemquam placidī pellācia pontīc. 99 BCE – 55 BCE, Lucretius, De rerum natura 5.1002–1005

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativepellāciapellāciae
genitivepellāciaepellāciārum
dativepellāciaepellāciīs
accusativepellāciampellāciās
ablativepellāciāpellāciīs
vocativepellāciapellāciae

pellācĭa, ae, f. pellax,
I. an allurement, enticement, blandishment.
I. In gen. (poet. and very rare; in Verg. G. 4, 443, fallacia is the correct read.; v. Wagner ad loc.): placidi pellacia ponti, Lucr. 5, 1004.—
II. In partic., seduction (post-class.): Jovialis monumentum pellaciae, Arn. 5, 171; 4, 147.

Origins

From pellāx (“seductive”) + -ia.

Quick answers

What does pellācia mean in Latin?
pellācia, a noun, means “allurement, enticement”.
What is the genitive of pellācia?
The genitive singular is pellāciae. pellācia is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce pellācia?
In classical Latin, [pɛlˈlaː.ki.a]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [pelˈlaː.t͡ʃi.a].