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1 blandiloquium
soft words; flattering speech -
2 blandiloquium
blandĭlŏquĭum, ii, n. [blandus-loquor], soft words, flattering speech:insidiosum,
Aug. Ep. ad Hier. 19, 4. -
3 blandīmentum
blandīmentum ī, n [blandior], flattering words, blandishment, complimentary speech, flattery: Ibi blandimentum sublevavit metum, Ta.— Usu. plur: blandimenta plebi ab senatu data, L.: adversus plebem, Ta.—Fig., an allurement, pleasure, charm: voluptatis: vitae, Ta.: sine blandimentis expellunt famem, seasoning, Ta.* * *blandishment, coaxing/wheedling behavior, cajolery; favors; charm, delight -
4 blandimentum
blandīmentum, i, n. [blandior].I.flattering words, blandishment, complimentary speech, flattery (class.; most freq. in plur. and in Tac.):II.nec eam (virtutem) minis aut blandimentis corrupta deseret,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 31, 87:pessum dedisti me blandimentis tuis,
Plaut. Rud. 2, 6, 23; id. Truc. 2, 2, 63:multa igitur blandimenta plebi per id tempus ab senatu data,
Liv. 2, 9, 6:captus blandimentis,
Plin. Ep. 2, 19, 4:per blandimenta juvenem aggredi,
Tac. A. 13, 13; 12, 64:muliebribus blandimentis infectae epistulae,
id. H. 1, 74.—In sing., Tac. A. 14, 4.—And in poet. exuberance:cui blandimenta precesque Verbaque jactanti mitissima, desine, dixit, etc.,
Ov. M. 2, 815.—Trop.A.Any thing that pleases the senses, an object that charms, an allurement, a pleasure, charm, delight:B. C.multa nobis blandimenta natura ipsa genuit,
Cic. Cael. 17, 41: blandimenta vitae [p. 241] = res, quae vitam jucundam reddunt), Tac. A. 15, 64; id. H. 2, 53 (cf.:delinimenta vitae,
id. A. 15, 63):aestivi caloris,
Pall. Sept. 17:vecturae,
Veg. 2, 28, 37.—Of the spices, seasoning, condiments in food, Petr. 141, 8; Tac. G. 23.—Careful culture:hoc blandimento (i. e. blanda cultura) impetratis radicibus,
Plin. 17, 13, 21, § 98.
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