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seductio

seductio, a leading aside, drawing apart

sēductĭo, ōnis, f. [seduco].
  • (Acc. to seduco, I.) *
    • A A leading or drawing aside: seductiones testium, Cic. Mur. 24, 49.—
    • B A misleading, seduction (eccl. Lat.): Adam confessus est seductionem, non occultavit seductricem, Tert. adv. Marc. 2, 2 fin.; Ambros. in Luc. 7, § 218: cordis, Vulg. Jer. 23, 26: iniquitatis, id. 2 Thess. 2, 10.—*
  • II (Acc. to seduco, II.) A separation: mors est corporis animaeque seductio, Lact. 2, 12, 9.

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