soothe

blandĭor, ītus, 4, v. dep. [blandus].

Prop., lit., to cling caressingly to one, to fawn upon, to flatter, soothe, caress, fondle, coax (class.).

With dat.:

matri interfectae infante miserabiliter blandiente,

Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 88.—

With inter se, Plin. 10, 37, 52, § 109.—

With ut and subj.:

Hannibalem pueriliter blandientem patri ut duceretur in Hispaniam,

Liv. 21, 1, 4.—

Absol.:

cessit immanis tibi blandienti Janitor aulae Cerberus,

Hor. C. 3, 11, 15:

tantusque in eo vigor, et dulcis quidam blandientis risus apparuit, ut, etc.,

Just. 1, 4, 12:

et modo blanditur, modo... Terret,

Ov. M. 10, 416.—

Transf.

In gen., to flatter, make flattering, courteous speeches, be complaisant to.

With dat.:

nostro ordini palam blandiuntur,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 37:

blandiri eis subtiliter a quibus est petendum,

Cic. de Or. 1, 20, 90:

cur matri praeterea blanditur?

id. Fl. 37, 92:

durae supplex blandire puellae,

Ov. A. A. 2, 527:

sic (Venus) patruo blandita suo est,

id. M. 4, 532; 6, 440; 14, 705.—

Absol.:

quippe qui litigare se simulans blandiatur,

Cic. Lael. 26, 99:

lingua juvet, mentemque tegat. Blandire, noceque,

Ov. Am. 1, 8, 103:

in blandiendo (vox) lenis et summissa,

Quint. 11, 3, 63:

pavidum blandita,

timidly coaxing, Ov. M. 9, 569: qui cum dolet blanditur, post tempus sapit, Publ. Syr. v. 506 Rib.—

With per:

de Commageno mirifice mihi et per se et per Pomponium blanditur Appius,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 10 (12), 2.—

With abl.:

torrenti ac meditatā cotidie oratione blandiens,

Plin. 26, 3, 7, § 12.—

In partic.

Blandiri sibi, etc., to flatter one ' s self with something, to fancy something, delude one ' s self:

blandiuntur enim sibi, qui putant, etc.,

Dig. 26, 7, 3, § 2.—So often in Dig. et Codd.; cf.:

ne nobis blandiar,

not to flatter ourselves, to tell the whole truth, Juv. 3, 126.—

Pregn., to persuade or impel by flattery ( = blandiendo persuadeo or compello—very rare).

With subj.:

(ipsa voluptas) res per Veneris blanditur saecla propagent ( = sic blanditur ut propagent),

Lucr. 2, 173 Lachm.—

With ab and ad:

cum etiam saepe blandiatur gratia conviviorum a veris indiciis ad falsam probationem,

Vitr. 3 praef. —

Trop.

Of inanim. things as subjects, to flatter, please, be agreeable or favorable to; to allure by pleasure, to attract, entice, invite.

With dat.:

video quam suaviter voluptas sensibus nostris blandiatur,

Cic. Ac. 2, 45, 139:

blandiebatur coeptis fortuna,

Tac. H. 2, 10. —

Absol.:

fortuna cum blanditur captatum venit, Publ. Syr. v. 167 Rib: blandiente inertiā,

Tac. H. 4, 4:

ignoscere vitiis blandientibus,

id. Agr. 16; Suet. Ner. 20; Plin. 13, 9, 17, § 60.—

With abl.: opportuna suā blanditur populus umbrā, Ov M. 10, 555.—

Of things as objects:

cur ego non votis blandiar ipse meis?

i. e. believe what I wish, Ov. Am. 2, 11, 54:

nisi tamen auribus nostris bibliopolae blandiuntur,

tickle with flattery, Plin. Ep. 1, 2, 6.—Hence,

Subst.: blandĭens, entis, m., a flatterer:

adversus blandientes incorruptus,

Tac. H. 1, 35.—

blandītus, a, um, P. a., pleasant, agreeable, charming (rare):

rosae,

Prop. 4 (5), 6, 72:

peregrinatio,

Plin. 10, 23, 33, § 67.

blandĭor, ītus, 4, v. dep. [blandus].

Prop., lit., to cling caressingly to one, to fawn upon, to flatter, soothe, caress, fondle, coax (class.).

With dat.:

matri interfectae infante miserabiliter blandiente,

Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 88.—

With inter se, Plin. 10, 37, 52, § 109.—

With ut and subj.:

Hannibalem pueriliter blandientem patri ut duceretur in Hispaniam,

Liv. 21, 1, 4.—

Absol.:

cessit immanis tibi blandienti Janitor aulae Cerberus,

Hor. C. 3, 11, 15:

tantusque in eo vigor, et dulcis quidam blandientis risus apparuit, ut, etc.,

Just. 1, 4, 12:

et modo blanditur, modo... Terret,

Ov. M. 10, 416.—

Transf.

In gen., to flatter, make flattering, courteous speeches, be complaisant to.

With dat.:

nostro ordini palam blandiuntur,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 37:

blandiri eis subtiliter a quibus est petendum,

Cic. de Or. 1, 20, 90:

cur matri praeterea blanditur?

id. Fl. 37, 92:

durae supplex blandire puellae,

Ov. A. A. 2, 527:

sic (Venus) patruo blandita suo est,

id. M. 4, 532; 6, 440; 14, 705.—

Absol.:

quippe qui litigare se simulans blandiatur,

Cic. Lael. 26, 99:

lingua juvet, mentemque tegat. Blandire, noceque,

Ov. Am. 1, 8, 103:

in blandiendo (vox) lenis et summissa,

Quint. 11, 3, 63:

pavidum blandita,

timidly coaxing, Ov. M. 9, 569: qui cum dolet blanditur, post tempus sapit, Publ. Syr. v. 506 Rib.—

With per:

de Commageno mirifice mihi et per se et per Pomponium blanditur Appius,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 10 (12), 2.—

With abl.:

torrenti ac meditatā cotidie oratione blandiens,

Plin. 26, 3, 7, § 12.—

In partic.

Blandiri sibi, etc., to flatter one ' s self with something, to fancy something, delude one ' s self:

blandiuntur enim sibi, qui putant, etc.,

Dig. 26, 7, 3, § 2.—So often in Dig. et Codd.; cf.:

ne nobis blandiar,

not to flatter ourselves, to tell the whole truth, Juv. 3, 126.—

Pregn., to persuade or impel by flattery ( = blandiendo persuadeo or compello—very rare).

With subj.:

(ipsa voluptas) res per Veneris blanditur saecla propagent ( = sic blanditur ut propagent),

Lucr. 2, 173 Lachm.—

With ab and ad:

cum etiam saepe blandiatur gratia conviviorum a veris indiciis ad falsam probationem,

Vitr. 3 praef. —

Trop.

Of inanim. things as subjects, to flatter, please, be agreeable or favorable to; to allure by pleasure, to attract, entice, invite.

With dat.:

video quam suaviter voluptas sensibus nostris blandiatur,

Cic. Ac. 2, 45, 139:

blandiebatur coeptis fortuna,

Tac. H. 2, 10. —

Absol.:

fortuna cum blanditur captatum venit, Publ. Syr. v. 167 Rib: blandiente inertiā,

Tac. H. 4, 4:

ignoscere vitiis blandientibus,

id. Agr. 16; Suet. Ner. 20; Plin. 13, 9, 17, § 60.—

With abl.: opportuna suā blanditur populus umbrā, Ov M. 10, 555.—

Of things as objects:

cur ego non votis blandiar ipse meis?

i. e. believe what I wish, Ov. Am. 2, 11, 54:

nisi tamen auribus nostris bibliopolae blandiuntur,

tickle with flattery, Plin. Ep. 1, 2, 6.—Hence,

Subst.: blandĭens, entis, m., a flatterer:

adversus blandientes incorruptus,

Tac. H. 1, 35.—

blandītus, a, um, P. a., pleasant, agreeable, charming (rare):

rosae,

Prop. 4 (5), 6, 72:

peregrinatio,

Plin. 10, 23, 33, § 67.

con-sōlor, ātus, 1, v. dep.

Of personal objects, to console, encourage, animate, cheer, comfort (freq. and class.; most freq. in Cic.).

With acc.:

istam, quod potes, Fac consolere,

Ter. Ad. 3, 5, 2; id. Hec. 3, 1, 13; Ov. M. 1, 578 al.:

aliquem de miseriis communibus,

Cic. Fam. 6, 4, 2:

Telamonem de Aiacis morte,

id. Tusc. 3, 29, 71:

aliquem in miseriis,

id. Cat. 4, 4, 8:

in hoc communi malo consoletur se conscientiā optimae mentis,

id. Brut. 71, 250:

se aliquā re,

id. Prov. Cons. 7, 16; id. Rosc. Com. 14, 43:

tu velim Piliam meis verbis consolere,

in my name, id. Att. 5, 11, 7:

se per litteras,

id. ib. 12, 14, 3:

egomet, qui te consolari cupio, consolandus ipse eum,

id. Fam. 5, 18, 1: his me consolor victurum suavius, ac si, etc., * Hor. S. 1, 6, 130:

se, quod, etc.,

Cic. Sull. 10, 29:

vosmet ipsos,

id. Agr. 2, 28, 77; cf.

memet,

Cat. 64, 182:

me ipse consolor maxime illo solacio, quod, etc.,

Cic. Lael. 3, 10; cf. id. Sull. 10, 29:

neque monere te audeo... nec confirmare... consolari vero nullo modo,

id. Fam. 4, 8, 1.—

Absol.:

aut consolando aut consilio aut re juvero,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 34:

haec igitur officia sunt consolantium, tollere aegritudinem, etc.,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 31, 75:

librum mittere consolandi causa ad captivos,

id. ib. 3, 22, 54:

dolorem tuum consolando levare,

id. Fam. 6, 4, 2; Quint. 11, 3, 64:

quo consolante doleres?

Ov. M. 1, 360:

consolantia verba,

id. ib. 15, 491:

Caesar ejus dextram prendit, consolatus rogat, etc.,

encouraging him, Caes. B. G. 1, 20; 5, 4; id. B. C. 3, 98; Liv. 26, 35, 7; Nep. Eum. 11, 2; Varr. R. R. 1, 17, 7; Suet. Aug. 53 al.—

Of things, to mitigate, alleviate, lighten, relieve, soothe (most freq. in Cic.):

ut doloris magnitudinem celeritas, diuturnitatem adlevatio consoletur,

Cic. Fin. 1, 12, 40; so,

dolorem,

id. Fam. 4, 8, 1:

consolatur honestas egestatem,

id. Quint. 15, 49:

incommodum,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 4, 6:

desiderium tui,

id. Fam. 7, 11, 2:

doloris magnitudinem brevitate,

id. Tusc. 5, 31, 88:

brevitatem vitae,

id. Mil. 35, 97:

dicendi laborem delectatione oratoriā consolor,

id. Att. 4, 18, 2 (16, 10):

hanc cladem domūs meae,

Liv. 45, 41, 12:

otium nostrum,

Quint. 2, 12, 12:

ut crudelitatem fati consolaretur aequalitas,

Sen. Cons. Polyb. 1 (20), 3.

lēnĭo, īvi or ĭi, ītum, 4 ( imperf. lenibant, Verg. A. 4, 528:

lenibat,

id. ib. 6, 468; fut. lenibunt, Prop. 3, 20 (4, 21), 32), v. a. and n. [1. lenis].

Act., to make soft or mild, to soften, mollify, alleviate, mitigate, assuage, soothe, calm (syn.: mitigo, placo, sedo, mulceo).

Lit.:

lapsana alvum lenit et mollit,

Plin. 20, 9, 37, § 96:

nuces leniunt saporem caeparum,

id. 23, 8, 77, § 147:

tumores,

id. 33, 6, 35, § 110:

collectiones impetusque,

id. 22, 25, 58, § 122:

stomachum latrantem,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 18:

volnera,

to assuage, heal, Prop. 3, 20 (4, 21), 32:

clamorem,

to soften, moderate, Hor. C. 1, 27, 7:

inopiam frumenti lenire,

to make amends for, cause to be less felt, Sall. J. 91.—

Trop., to render mild, to appease, calm, pacify, etc.:

senem illum tibi dedo ulteriorem, ut lenitum reddas,

Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 31:

illum saepe lenivi iratum,

Cic. Att. 6, 2, 2:

temperantia animos placat ac lenit,

id. Fin. 1, 14, 47:

te ipsum dies leniet, aetas mitigabit,

id. Mur. 31, 65:

epulis multitudinem imperitam,

id. Phil. 2, 45, 116:

desiderium crebris epistolis,

id. Fam. 15, 21, 1:

se multa consolatione,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 5, 4:

diem tempusque... leniturum iras,

Liv. 2, 45:

seditionem,

id. 6, 16:

animum ferocem,

Sall. J. 11:

saepius fatigatus lenitur,

id. ib. 111, 3:

lenire dolentem Solando,

Verg. A. 4, 393.—

Neutr., to become soft or mild, to be softened, mitigated:

dum irae leniunt,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 100; cf. Brix ad loc.

mulcĕo, si, sum (rarely mulctum), 2, v. a. [Sanscr. root marc, take hold of; Gr. marptô, marptis; cf. mulco], to stroke; to touch or move lightly (syn. palpo; poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

Lit.:

manu mulcens barbam,

Ov. F. 1, 259:

caput,

Quint. 11, 3, 158:

vitulum,

Ov. A. A. 2, 341:

colla,

id. M. 10, 118:

mulcebant Zephyri flores,

rustle through, id. ib. 1, 108:

aura mulcet rosas,

Prop. 4 (5), 7, 60:

virgā mulcere capillos,

to touch lightly, Ov. M. 14, 295:

aristas,

id. F. 5, 161:

mulcere alternos (pueros) et corpora fingere linguā,

Verg. A. 8, 634:

aëra motu,

Lucr. 4, 136:

aethera pennis,

to move, Cic. Arat. 88: mulserat huc navem compulsam fluctibu' pontus, had wafted hither, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 870 P. (Ann. v. 257 Vahl.).—

Transf., to make sweet or pleasant:

pocula succis Lyaei,

Sil. 7, 169. —

Trop., to soothe, soften, appease, allay; to caress, flatter, delight, etc. (syn.:

blandior. placo, lenio, sedo): mulcentem tigres, of Orpheus,

Verg. G. 4, 510:

aliquem dictis,

id. A. 5, 464:

fluctūs,

id. ib. 1, 66:

iras,

id. ib. 7, 755:

jure,

Vell. 2, 117, 3.— To alleviate, mitigate:

variā vulnera mulcet ope,

alleviates the pain of his wounds, Ov. F. 5, 401:

dolores nervorum,

Plin. 22, 24, 50, § 107:

os stomachumque,

id. 22, 24, 51, § 110:

ebrietatem,

id. 21, 20, 81, § 138:

lassitudinem,

id. 37, 5, 16, § 63:

corpora fessa,

Ov. M. 11, 625: aliquem laudibus, to flatter, Pac. ap. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. Mulciber, p. 144 Müll. (Trag. Rel. p. 109 Rib.):

puellas carmine,

to delight, Hor. C. 3, 11, 24:

animos admiratione,

Quint. 1, 10, 9:

aures figmentis verborum novis,

to delight, Gell. 20, 9, 1.—Hence, mulsus, a, um, P. a.

Adj., mixed with honey; sweet as honey, honey-sweet (post-Aug.):

mulsa (sc. aqua),

honey-water, hydromel, Col. 12, 12, 3:

acetum,

vinegar and honey mixed together, honey-vinegar, Cato, R. R. 157, 6:

lac,

Plin. 10, 22, 27, § 52:

mulsa pira,

Col. 5, 10, 18.— Trop., of words, etc., sweet as honey, honeyed (Plautin.):

ut mulsa dicta dicis!

Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 34:

loqui,

id. Poen. 1, 2, 112.—

Subst.

mulsa, ae, f., a term of endearment, my sweetheart, my honey (Plautin.):

age, mulsa mea,

Plaut. Stich. 5, 5, 14; id. Cas. 2, 6, 20.—

mulsum, i, n. (sc. vinum), honey-wine, mead, i. e. wine mixed or made with honey (class.):

commisce mulsum,

Plaut. Pers. 1, 3, 7; id. Bacch. 4, 9, 48:

frigidum,

Cic. de Or. 2, 70, 282:

aceti, for mulsum acetum,

honeyvinegar, Ser. Samm. 49, 714.

pācĭfĭco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. (ante- and post-class.; also, pācĭfĭcor, ātus, v. dep.; v. in the foll., and cf. Prisc. p. 799 P.) [paxfacio], to make or conclude a peace (not in Cic. or Cæs.).

Lit.:

quo Metellus initio, Jugurthā pacificante, praesidium imposuerat,

at the beginning of Jugurtha's negotiations for peace, Sall. J. 66, 2:

legati pacificatum venerunt,

Liv. 5, 23; cf. id. 7, 40; Vulg. Col. 1, 20.—

As a deponent:

pacificari cum altero statuit,

Just. 6, 1, 2:

pacificatus cum Carthaginiensibus,

id. 23, 1, 1: set satine tecum pacificatus sum, Antipho? have I quite made my peace with you? i. e. are you entirely reconciled? Plaut. Stich. 4, 1, 14.—

Transf., in gen., to pacify, appease ( poet.):

caelestes pacificasset,

Cat. 68, 75:

divos,

Sil. 15, 423:

mentem suam,

to soothe, quiet, Sen. Agam. 224:

aures Pieriis modis,

Claud. in Ruf. 2, praef. 20.

pācĭfĭco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. (ante- and post-class.; also, pācĭfĭcor, ātus, v. dep.; v. in the foll., and cf. Prisc. p. 799 P.) [paxfacio], to make or conclude a peace (not in Cic. or Cæs.).

Lit.:

quo Metellus initio, Jugurthā pacificante, praesidium imposuerat,

at the beginning of Jugurtha's negotiations for peace, Sall. J. 66, 2:

legati pacificatum venerunt,

Liv. 5, 23; cf. id. 7, 40; Vulg. Col. 1, 20.—

As a deponent:

pacificari cum altero statuit,

Just. 6, 1, 2:

pacificatus cum Carthaginiensibus,

id. 23, 1, 1: set satine tecum pacificatus sum, Antipho? have I quite made my peace with you? i. e. are you entirely reconciled? Plaut. Stich. 4, 1, 14.—

Transf., in gen., to pacify, appease ( poet.):

caelestes pacificasset,

Cat. 68, 75:

divos,

Sil. 15, 423:

mentem suam,

to soothe, quiet, Sen. Agam. 224:

aures Pieriis modis,

Claud. in Ruf. 2, praef. 20.

păco, ĕre, prim. of paciscor and pango, to make or come to an agreement, to agree together respecting any thing: NI CVM EO PACIT TALIO ESTO, Lex XII. Tab.; cf. Dirks, Uebers. p. 516 sq.

pāco, ăvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [pax], to bring into a state of peace and quietness, to make peaceful, to quiet, pacify, subdue, soothe (class.; cf.: pacifico, placo).

Lit.:

pacare Amanum,

Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 8:

omnem Galliam,

Caes. B. C. 1, 7:

qui nuper pacati erant,

id. B. G. 1, 16:

civitates,

id. ib. 7, 65:

Hispanias,

id. B. C. 1, 85:

bimarem Isthmon,

Ov. M. 7, 405:

regiones,

Hirt. B. Alex. 26:

Asiam,

Just. 38, 7, 2:

Erymanthi nemora,

Verg. A. 6, 803: MARE A PRAEDONIBVS, Monum. Ancyr. fin. ap. Grut. 233; Ov. F. 2, 18.—

Transf., of things as objects:

incultae pacantur vomere silvae,

are subdued, tilled, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 45:

et pacare metu silvas,

Manil. 4, 182:

saltus remotos pacabat cornu,

Stat. Th. 4, 250:

incertos animi aestus,

to quiet, Claud. IV. Cons. Honor. 225; cf.

feras,

to tame, Aus. Epigr. 1, 19:

dolorem,

id. Idyll. 6, 100.—Hence, pācā-tus, a, um, P. a., pacified, quieted, peaceful, quiet, calm, tranquil, undisturbed (opp. hostilis; class.).

Lit.:

pacatae tranquillaeque civitates,

Cic. de Or. 1, 8, 30:

in provinciā pacatissimā,

id. Lig. 2, 4:

pacatissima et quietissima pars,

Caes. B. G. 5, 24:

nec hospitale quicquam pacatumve,

Liv. 21, 20:

pacato agmine transire,

id. 40, 47:

pacati status aëris,

Lucr. 3, 292:

pacata posse omnia mente tueri,

Lucr. 5, 1203:

mare,

Hor. C. 4, 5, 19:

vultus,

Ov. F. 1, 3:

pacatus mitisque adsis,

id. M. 431:

coloni,

Manil. 4, 141.—As subst.: pācātum, i, n., a friendly country:

vagi milites in pacato,

Liv. 8, 34:

ex pacatis praedas agere,

i. e. from countries at peace with Rome, Sall. J. 32, 3:

qui medius inter pacata et hostilia fuit, Danubius et Rhenus,

Sen. Q. N. 6, 7, 1.—

Trop.:

oratio pacatior,

Cic. Brut. 31, 121:

cujus ne pacatam quidem nequitiam quisquam ferre posset,

id. Phil. 5, 9, 24.—And in the neutr. as subst.:

nec diu in pacato mansit gens,

on friendly terms, Liv. 23, 27, 9.—Hence, adv.: pācātē, peaceably, quietly (post-Aug.).— Comp.:

pacatius ad reliqua secessimus,

Petr. 10; Aug. Ep. 111.— Sup.:

pacatissime et commodissime,

Aug. Soliloq. 2, 7. [p. 1288]

per-mulcĕo, mulsi, sum, and ctum, 2, v. a., to rub gently, to stroke.

Lit.: ut pulverem Manibus isdem, quibus Ulixi saepe permulsi, abluam, Pac. ap. Gell. 2, 26, 13 (Trag. Rel. p. 90 Rib.); so, aliquem manu, Ov F. 4, 551: capite permulso, Varr. ap. Prisc. p. 871 P.:

barbam,

Liv. 5, 41:

alicui malas,

Suet. Ner. 1:

comas,

Ov. M. 2, 733.—

Transf.

To touch gently: aram flatu permulcet spiritus austri, blows softly upon, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 44, 114:

arteriae leni voce permulsae,

Auct. Her. 3, 12, 21:

medicatā lumina virgā,

Ov. M. 1, 716; Cat. 62, 162.—

To soften:

cera picem lenitate permulcet,

Pall. 10, 11, 2.—

Trop.

To charm, please, delight, flatter, fondle:

sensum voluptate,

Cic. Fin. 2, 10, 32:

aures,

id. Or. 49, 163:

aliquem permulcere atque allicere,

id. de Or. 2, 78, 315:

aures cantibus,

Sil. 11, 292:

his verbis vacuas permulceat auris,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 26.—

To soothe, appease, allay, tame:

eorum animis permulsis et confirmatis,

Caes. B. G. 4, 6:

pectora dictis,

Verg. A. 5, 816: liberalibus verbis permulcti sunt, Sall. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 871 P.:

iram alicujus,

Liv. 39, 23:

aliquem mitibus verbis,

Tac. A. 2, 34:

comitate militem,

id. ib. 1, 29:

animos,

Lucr. 5, 21:

senectutem,

to mitigate, Cic. Sen. 2, 4.

plāco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [etym. dub.; cf.: placeo, planus].

To reconcile; constr. alicui, aliquem (class. and freq.):

agedum, fac, illa ut placetur nobis,

that she be reconciled to us, Ter. Phorm. 5, 3, 1:

vereor ut placari possit,

id. ib. 5, 8, 72 (cf.:

redigam vos in gratiam, v. 73): coeperas eum mihi placare,

Cic. Att. 7, 1, 8:

rogavit ut te sibi placarem,

id. Fam. 13, 1, 3:

his vocibus cum in se magis incitarent dictatorem quam magistro equitum placarent,

Liv. 8, 33, 1:

Hannibalem pater filio meo potui placare,

id. 23, 9, 4:

placare aliquem rei publicae,

Cic. Cat. 2, 8, 17.— Pass.:

quae fuit eorum tanta iniquitas, ut placari populo Romano non possent?

Cic. N. D. 3, 6, 15:

neque nullam spem habebat, patrem sibi placari posse,

Liv. 40, 20, 5.—In mid. force; usually with in and acc.: numquam animo placari potuit in eum, be reconciled, i. e. consent to a reconciliation, Nep. Pelop. 5, 3; cf. id. Iph. 3, 3:

homo quietus et sibi ipsi placatus,

at peace with himself, tranquil, Cic. Tusc. 4, 17, 37.—

In gen., to quiet, soothe, calm, assuage, appease, pacify:

animos placare ac lenire,

Cic. Fin. 1, 14:

placare et mitigare animum,

id. Phil. 10, 3, 6: numen deorum immortalium, Caes. B. [p. 1383] G. 6, 15:

aliquem beneficiis,

Liv. 4, 33:

iram deorum donis,

Cic. Leg. 2, 9, 22:

benevolos objurgatores,

id. N. D. 1, 3, 5:

invidiam,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 13.— Poet.:

ventos sanguine,

Verg. A. 2, 116:

Hippotades cum vult, aequora placet,

Ov. M. 11, 432:

escā ventrem iratum,

Hor. S. 2, 8, 5:

sitim,

to quench, Mart. 1, 50, 17.—

To endeavor to appease, Hor. C. 2, 14, 6; Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 64.— Hence, plācātus, a, um, P. a., soothed, appeased, calmed; quiet, gentle, still, calm, peaceful (class.):

animi quietus et placatus status,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 6, 16:

tranquilla, quieta vita,

id. Fin. 1, 21, 71:

placidae ac minime turbulentae res,

id. Or. 19, 63:

maria,

Verg. A. 3, 69:

vultu ac sermone in omnes placato,

Liv. 28, 32, 1.— Comp.:

placatiore animo aliquid facere,

Liv. 37, 45; 2, 60:

dii,

Plin. 12, 18, 41, § 83.— Sup.:

quies placatissima,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 41, 97.—Hence, adv.: plācātē, quietly, gently, calmly, composedly (class.):

omnia humana placate et moderate feramus,

Cic. Fam. 6, 1, 4. — Comp.:

remissius et placatius ferre,

Cic. Fam. 6, 13, 3.

rĕ-compōno, no perf., pŏsĭtum, 3, v. a.

Lit., to put together again, to reunite, rearrange, readjust (rare):

comas,

Ov. Am. 1, 7, 68:

lapillos,

Dig. 34, 2, 25 fin.:

fracturam,

Veg. Vet. 3, 47, 3.—

Transf., to soothe again, recall to composure, Plin. Ep. 6, 5, 5.