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  • 1 blandus

        blandus adj. with comp. and sup.    [MAL-], of smooth tongue, flattering, fawning, caressing: homo blandior, T.: amicus: adfabilis, blandus, N.: canes, V.: adversus alqm: in publico, L.: blandus fidibus Ducere quercūs, H.: chorus doctā prece blandus, H. — Fig., flattering, pleasant, agreeable, enticing, alluring, charming, seductive: oratio: voces, V.: preces, H.: verba, O.: inlecebrae voluptatis: manus Non sumptuosā blandior hostiā, not more acceptable with a costly victim, H.: caudae, O.: otium consuetudine in dies blandius, L.: voluptates, blandissimae dominae, most seductive.
    * * *
    blanda -um, blandior -or -us, blandissimus -a -um ADJ
    flattering, coaxing; charming, pleasant; smooth, gentle; alluring, attractive

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  • 2 adūlātōrius

        adūlātōrius adj.,    flattering: deducus, Ta.
    * * *
    adulatoria, adulatorium ADJ
    flattering, adulatory; of/connected with flattery/adulation

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  • 3 dulcis

        dulcis e, adj. with comp. and sup.    [GVOR-], sweet: (animal) sentit et dulcia et amara: vinum, H.: dulcior uva, O.—As subst n.: Dulce dedit, a sweet drink (i. e. mulsum), O.—Fig., agreeable, delightful, pleasant, charming, dear, soft, flattering: orator: nomen libertatis: poëmata, H.: auditu nomen, L.: amores, H.: Dulce est pro patriā mori, H.: cui patriae salus dulcior quam conspectus fuit: dulcissima epistula.—As subst n.: Dulce satis umor, a delight, V. — Of persons, friendly, pleasant, agreeable, charming, kind, dear: amici: amicitia dulcior: liberi, H.: dulcissime Attice: dulce decus meum, H.: quid agis, dulcissime rerum? H.
    * * *
    dulce, dulcior -or -us, dulcissimus -a -um ADJ
    pleasant, charming; sweet; kind, dear; soft, flattering, delightful

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  • 4 blandum

    blandus, a, um, adj. [for mlandus; akin to meilichos, mollis, mulier; Goth. milds; Engl. mild], of a smooth tongue, flattering, fawning, caressing (class and very freq.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    blanda es parum,

    Plaut. Cas. 3, 3, 21:

    nemini credo qui large blandu'st dives pauperi,

    id. Aul. 2, 2, 19:

    ut unus omnium homo te vivat numquam quisquam blandior,

    Ter. Hec. 5, 4, 21:

    scis me minime esse blandum,

    Cic. Att. 12, 5, 4:

    unum te puto minus blandum esse quam me,

    id. ib. 12, 3, 1:

    blandum amicum a vero secernere,

    id. Lael. 25, 95:

    (Alcibiades) affabilis, blandus, temporibus callidissime inserviens,

    Nep. Alcib. 1, 3:

    an blandiores (mulieres) in publico quam in privato et alienis quam vestris estis?

    Liv. 34, 2, 10:

    tum neque subjectus solito nec blandior esto,

    Ov. A. A. 2, 411:

    canes,

    Verg. G. 3, 496:

    catulorum blanda propago,

    Lucr. 4, 999; Nemes. Cyneg. 215; 230:

    columba,

    Ov. Am. 2, 6, 56:

    tigres,

    Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 604; Quint. 9, 4, 133; 11, 1, 30; 11, 3, 72 al.—
    b.
    Poet. constr.
    (α).
    With gen.:

    precum,

    Stat. Achill. 2, 237.—
    (β).
    With acc.:

    genas vocemque,

    Stat. Th. 9, 155.—
    (γ).
    With inf.:

    blandum et auritas fidibus canoris Ducere quercus,

    Hor. C. 1, 12, 11; Stat. Th. 5, 456. —
    (δ).
    With abl.:

    chorus implorat..doctā prece blandus ( = blande supplicans dis carmine quod poëta eum docuit. Orell. ad loc.),

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 135.—
    II.
    Trop. (mostly of things).
    A.
    Flattering, pleasant, agreeable, enticing, alluring, charming, seductive (cf. blandior, II. B.; blanditia, II.): blandā voce vocare, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 51 Vahl.):

    ne blandā aut supplici oratione fallamur,

    Cic. Phil. 7, 9, 26; Lucr. 6, 1245:

    voces,

    Verg. A. 1, 670; Cat. 64, 139:

    preces,

    Tib. 3, 6, 46; Hor. C. 4, 1, 8; id. A. P. 395; Ov. M. 10, 642:

    querelae,

    Tib. 3, 4, 75:

    laudes,

    Verg. G. 3, 185:

    verba,

    Ov. M. 2, 575; 6, 360:

    dicta,

    id. ib. 3, 375;

    9, 156: os,

    id. ib. 13, 555: pectus, Afran. ap. Non. p. 515.—So, voluptas, Lucr. 2, 966; 4, 1081; 4, 1259; 5, 179; Cic. Tusc. 4, 3, 6:

    amor,

    Lucr. 1, 20; Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 49:

    Veneris blandis sub armis,

    Prop. 4 (5), 1, 137:

    amaracini liquor,

    Lucr. 2, 847:

    tura,

    Tib. 3, 3, 2:

    manus,

    Hor. C. 3, 23, 18; cf. Ov. M. 2, 691:

    aquae,

    id. ib. 4, 344:

    caudae,

    id. ib. 14, 258 al.:

    otium consuetudine in dies blandius,

    Liv. 23, 18, 12:

    blandiores suci,

    Plin. 12, 1, 2, § 4; Suet. Tib. 27:

    blandissima litora, Baiae,

    Stat. S. 3, 5, 96; Plin. 9, 8, 9, § 32:

    actio,

    Quint. 7, 4, 27: ministerium, Cod. Th. 10, 10, 12, § 1.— With dat.:

    et blandae superūm mortalibus irae,

    Stat. Th. 10, 836:

    neque admittunt orationes sermonesve... jucunda dictu aut legentibus blanda,

    Plin. 1, prooem. § 12.—
    2.
    Of persons:

    filiolus,

    Quint. 6, prooem. § 8; cf.: nam et voluptates, blandissimae dominae ( the most alluring mistresses), majores partes animi a virtute detorquent, Cic. Off. 2, 10, 37.—
    B.
    Persuading by caressing, persuasive:

    nunc experiemur, nostrum uter sit blandior,

    Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 56. —Hence, adv., in three forms, soothingly, flatteringly, courteously, etc.
    a.
    Anteclass. form blandĭter, Plaut. As. 1, 3, 69; id. Ps. 5, 2, 3; Titin. ap. Non. p. 210, 6 (also id. ib. p. 256, 15), and ap. Prisc. p. 1010 P.—
    b.
    Class. form blandē, Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 9:

    compellare hominem,

    id. Poen. 3, 3, 72:

    me adpellare,

    id. Truc. 1, 2, 61:

    adloqui,

    Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 22:

    dicere,

    id. Ad. 5, 4, 24; cf.:

    blande, leniter, dulciter dicere,

    Quint. 12, 10, 71;

    and blande ac benedice,

    Plaut. As. 1, 3, 54:

    rogare,

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 16, 49:

    excepti hospitio ab Tullo blande ac benigne,

    Liv. 1, 22, 5:

    quaerere,

    Suet. Calig. 32:

    linguā lambere,

    Lucr. 5, 1066:

    et satiati agni ludunt blandeque coruscant,

    id. 2, 320:

    colere fructus,

    to treat carefully, gently, id. 5, 1368 (cf. blandimentum, II. B.):

    flectere cardinem sonantem,

    softly, carefully, Quint. Decl. 1, 13 al. — Comp.:

    blandius petere,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 24, 112: ad aurem invocabat, Cael. ap. Quint. 4, 2, 124:

    moderere fidem,

    Hor. C. 1, 24, 13 al. — Sup.:

    blandissime appellat hominem,

    Cic. Clu. 26, 72.—
    * c.
    blandum = blande:

    ridere,

    Petr. 127, 1.

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  • 5 blandus

    blandus, a, um, adj. [for mlandus; akin to meilichos, mollis, mulier; Goth. milds; Engl. mild], of a smooth tongue, flattering, fawning, caressing (class and very freq.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    blanda es parum,

    Plaut. Cas. 3, 3, 21:

    nemini credo qui large blandu'st dives pauperi,

    id. Aul. 2, 2, 19:

    ut unus omnium homo te vivat numquam quisquam blandior,

    Ter. Hec. 5, 4, 21:

    scis me minime esse blandum,

    Cic. Att. 12, 5, 4:

    unum te puto minus blandum esse quam me,

    id. ib. 12, 3, 1:

    blandum amicum a vero secernere,

    id. Lael. 25, 95:

    (Alcibiades) affabilis, blandus, temporibus callidissime inserviens,

    Nep. Alcib. 1, 3:

    an blandiores (mulieres) in publico quam in privato et alienis quam vestris estis?

    Liv. 34, 2, 10:

    tum neque subjectus solito nec blandior esto,

    Ov. A. A. 2, 411:

    canes,

    Verg. G. 3, 496:

    catulorum blanda propago,

    Lucr. 4, 999; Nemes. Cyneg. 215; 230:

    columba,

    Ov. Am. 2, 6, 56:

    tigres,

    Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 604; Quint. 9, 4, 133; 11, 1, 30; 11, 3, 72 al.—
    b.
    Poet. constr.
    (α).
    With gen.:

    precum,

    Stat. Achill. 2, 237.—
    (β).
    With acc.:

    genas vocemque,

    Stat. Th. 9, 155.—
    (γ).
    With inf.:

    blandum et auritas fidibus canoris Ducere quercus,

    Hor. C. 1, 12, 11; Stat. Th. 5, 456. —
    (δ).
    With abl.:

    chorus implorat..doctā prece blandus ( = blande supplicans dis carmine quod poëta eum docuit. Orell. ad loc.),

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 135.—
    II.
    Trop. (mostly of things).
    A.
    Flattering, pleasant, agreeable, enticing, alluring, charming, seductive (cf. blandior, II. B.; blanditia, II.): blandā voce vocare, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 51 Vahl.):

    ne blandā aut supplici oratione fallamur,

    Cic. Phil. 7, 9, 26; Lucr. 6, 1245:

    voces,

    Verg. A. 1, 670; Cat. 64, 139:

    preces,

    Tib. 3, 6, 46; Hor. C. 4, 1, 8; id. A. P. 395; Ov. M. 10, 642:

    querelae,

    Tib. 3, 4, 75:

    laudes,

    Verg. G. 3, 185:

    verba,

    Ov. M. 2, 575; 6, 360:

    dicta,

    id. ib. 3, 375;

    9, 156: os,

    id. ib. 13, 555: pectus, Afran. ap. Non. p. 515.—So, voluptas, Lucr. 2, 966; 4, 1081; 4, 1259; 5, 179; Cic. Tusc. 4, 3, 6:

    amor,

    Lucr. 1, 20; Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 49:

    Veneris blandis sub armis,

    Prop. 4 (5), 1, 137:

    amaracini liquor,

    Lucr. 2, 847:

    tura,

    Tib. 3, 3, 2:

    manus,

    Hor. C. 3, 23, 18; cf. Ov. M. 2, 691:

    aquae,

    id. ib. 4, 344:

    caudae,

    id. ib. 14, 258 al.:

    otium consuetudine in dies blandius,

    Liv. 23, 18, 12:

    blandiores suci,

    Plin. 12, 1, 2, § 4; Suet. Tib. 27:

    blandissima litora, Baiae,

    Stat. S. 3, 5, 96; Plin. 9, 8, 9, § 32:

    actio,

    Quint. 7, 4, 27: ministerium, Cod. Th. 10, 10, 12, § 1.— With dat.:

    et blandae superūm mortalibus irae,

    Stat. Th. 10, 836:

    neque admittunt orationes sermonesve... jucunda dictu aut legentibus blanda,

    Plin. 1, prooem. § 12.—
    2.
    Of persons:

    filiolus,

    Quint. 6, prooem. § 8; cf.: nam et voluptates, blandissimae dominae ( the most alluring mistresses), majores partes animi a virtute detorquent, Cic. Off. 2, 10, 37.—
    B.
    Persuading by caressing, persuasive:

    nunc experiemur, nostrum uter sit blandior,

    Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 56. —Hence, adv., in three forms, soothingly, flatteringly, courteously, etc.
    a.
    Anteclass. form blandĭter, Plaut. As. 1, 3, 69; id. Ps. 5, 2, 3; Titin. ap. Non. p. 210, 6 (also id. ib. p. 256, 15), and ap. Prisc. p. 1010 P.—
    b.
    Class. form blandē, Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 9:

    compellare hominem,

    id. Poen. 3, 3, 72:

    me adpellare,

    id. Truc. 1, 2, 61:

    adloqui,

    Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 22:

    dicere,

    id. Ad. 5, 4, 24; cf.:

    blande, leniter, dulciter dicere,

    Quint. 12, 10, 71;

    and blande ac benedice,

    Plaut. As. 1, 3, 54:

    rogare,

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 16, 49:

    excepti hospitio ab Tullo blande ac benigne,

    Liv. 1, 22, 5:

    quaerere,

    Suet. Calig. 32:

    linguā lambere,

    Lucr. 5, 1066:

    et satiati agni ludunt blandeque coruscant,

    id. 2, 320:

    colere fructus,

    to treat carefully, gently, id. 5, 1368 (cf. blandimentum, II. B.):

    flectere cardinem sonantem,

    softly, carefully, Quint. Decl. 1, 13 al. — Comp.:

    blandius petere,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 24, 112: ad aurem invocabat, Cael. ap. Quint. 4, 2, 124:

    moderere fidem,

    Hor. C. 1, 24, 13 al. — Sup.:

    blandissime appellat hominem,

    Cic. Clu. 26, 72.—
    * c.
    blandum = blande:

    ridere,

    Petr. 127, 1.

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  • 6 adūlāns

        adūlāns ntis, m, see adūlor.
    * * *
    (gen.), adulantis ADJ
    flattering, adulatory

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  • 7 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

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  • 8 blandior

        blandior ītus, īrī, dep.    [blandus], to fawn, soothe, caress, fondle, coax: cessit tibi blandienti Cerberus, H.: modo blanditur, modo... Terret, O.: mihi per Pompeium: patri ut duceretur, etc., L.: votis suis, i. e. believes what he wishes, O.—To flatter, make flattering speeches, be complaisant: qui litigare se simulans blandiatur: pavidum blandita, timidly coaxing, O.: mihi: eis subtiliter: patruo suo, O.: ne nobis blandiar, i. e. to speak plainly, Iu. —Fig., to please, soothe, gratify: quam voluptas sensibus blandiatur. — To entice, allure, invite: ignoscere vitiis blandientibus, Ta.: suā blanditur populus umbrā, O.
    * * *
    blandiri, blanditus sum V DEP
    flatter, delude; fawn; coax, urge, behave/speak ingratiatingly; allure; please

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  • 9 blanditia

        blanditia ae, f    [blandus], a caressing, fondness, flattering, flattery: in amicitiā pestis... blanditia: popularis. — Plur, flatteries, blandishments, allurements: blanditiis voluptatem explere, T.: (benevolentiam) blanditiis conligere: muliebres, L.: pueriles, O.: Perdere blanditias, to waste, O —Fig., enticement, charm: voluptatum.
    * * *
    flattery, caress, compliment; charm (pl.), flatteries, enticement, courtship

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  • 10 cantiuncula

        cantiuncula ae, f dim.    [cantio], an alluring strain.—Plur.: (Sirenum).
    * * *
    (mere) song; flattering/alluring strain (L+S)

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  • 11 adsentatio

    assent, agreement; flattery, toadyism, flattering agreement/compliance

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  • 12 adsentatorie

    like a flatterer; fawningly, in a flattering manner

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  • 13 assentatio

    assent, agreement; flattery, toadyism, flattering agreement/compliance

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  • 14 assentatorie

    like a flatterer; fawningly, in a flattering manner

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  • 15 blandicellum

    flattering words (pl.)

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  • 16 blandidicus

    blandidica, blandidicum ADJ
    using fair/flattering words, smooth spoken/talking

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  • 17 blandificus

    blandifica, blandificum ADJ
    flattering; soothing

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  • 18 blandiloquium

    soft words; flattering speech

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  • 19 blanditim

    in a flattering/caressing manner

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  • 20 delenificus

    delenifica, delenificum ADJ
    ingratiating; cajoling; soothing/mollifying; flattering, enchanting (L+S)

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