lēnĭo

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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.

to mitigate, relieve, make better.

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lēno, no perf., ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [2. leno].

Neutr., to pimp, pander ( poet.): lenandi callidus arte, Poët. ap. Anth. Lat. T. 1, p. 611 Burm.—

Act., to procure: filiam suam, Schol. Juv. 6, 233: formosas puellas, Epigr. ap. Salmas. ad Vop. Car. 16: lenatae puellae, Poët. ap. Anth. Lat. T. 2, p. 587.

lēno, ōnis, m. [lenio], a pimp, pander, procurer.

Lit.:

perjurus leno,

Plaut. Capt. prol. 57:

leno me peregre militi Macedonico Minis viginti vendidit,

id. Ps. 1, 1, 49:

importunus,

id. Merc. prol. 44:

leno sum, fateor,

Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 34:

improbissimus et perjurissimus leno,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 7, 20:

insidiosus,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 172:

verba facit leno, etc.,

id. S. 2, 3, 231: cum [p. 1050] leno accipiat moechi bona, Juv. 1, 55.—

Transf.

A seducer, allurer:

lenonem quendam Lentuli concursare circum tabernas,

Cic. Cat. 4, 8, 17:

(puella) me lenone placet,

i. e. through my intervention, Ov. Am. 3, 12, 10.—

A go-between, Just. 2, 3, 8.— Adj.: se Narcissus amat captus lenonibus undis, alluring, seductive, Anth. Lat. T. 1, p. 102 Burm.

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.

sēdo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [sedeo].

Act. (orig. to cause to sit, to seat; hence, of inanimate or abstract objects), to allay, settle, still, calm, assuage, appease, quiet, check, end, stop, stay, etc. (syn.:

mitigo, mulceo, lenio): cave putes, aut mare ullum aut flammam esse tantam, quam non facilius sit sedare quam effrenatam insolentiā multitudinem,

Cic. Rep. 1, 42, 65:

pulverem,

Phaedr. 2, 5, 18:

curriculum,

Cic. Arat. 125; cf.

vela,

i. e. to furl, Prop. 3 (4) 21, 20:

flammam,

id. 3 (4), 18, 5:

incendia,

Ov. R. Am. 117.—Mid.:

sedatis fluctibus,

having subsided, abated, lulled, Cic. Inv. 2, 51, 154:

sedatis ventis,

Ov. M. 15, 349; cf.:

tempestas sedatur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 18, § 46.—Of hunger, thirst, etc.:

sitim,

to slake, quench, Lucr. 2, 663; 4, 850; Ov. M. 3, 415; Phaedr. 4, 4, 1; Suet. Oth. 11 al.:

famem ac sitim,

Plin. 11, 54, 119, § 284; cf.:

carne jejunia,

Ov. M. 15, 83:

lassitudinem,

Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 75; Nep. Eum. 9, 6:

pestilentiam,

Liv. 7, 3; Just. 20, 2, 8:

dolores aurium,

Plin. 29, 6, 39, § 133:

tumorem vulnerum,

id. 30, 13, 39, § 114; 20, 20, 81, § 211:

scabiem, pruritum,

id. 30, 13, 41, § 121 et saep.:

(populi impetus) aliquando incenditur, et saepe sedatur,

Cic. Leg. 3, 10, 24:

bellum intestinum ac domesticum,

id. Cat. 2, 13, 28; so,

bellum,

Nep. Dat. 8, 6:

pugnam,

id. Cat. 3, 3, 6:

proelium,

Liv. 34, 5:

seditionem,

Cic. Rep. 1, 38, 60; id. Att. 5, 14, 1:

tumultum,

Caes. B. C. 3, 18; 3, 106 fin.; Liv. 3, 15 al.:

discordias,

Cic. Phil. 1, 1, 1:

controversiam,

id. Leg. 1, 21, 54:

contentionem,

Liv. 39, 39:

invidiam et infamiam,

Cic. Verr. 1, 1, 1; cf.:

sermunculum omnem aut restinxerit aut sedarit,

id. Att. 13, 10, 2:

miserias,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 107:

calamitatem, Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 24: mala,

Cic. Phil. 2, 18, 46.—Of feelings, passions, appetites, etc.:

in animis hominum motum dicendo vel excitare vel sedare,

Cic. de Or. 1, 46, 202:

mentes (opp. excitare),

id. ib. 1, 5, 17; cf.:

appetitus omnes,

id. Off. 1, 29, 103:

illā tertiā parte animi, in quā irarum exsistit ardor, sedatā atque restinctā,

id. Div. 1, 29, 61:

animos militum,

Liv. 26, 21:

iram,

Plaut. Merc. 5, 4, 1:

cupidinem,

id. Am. 2, 2, 210:

rabiem,

Hor. Epod. 12, 9:

pavorem,

Liv. 1, 16:

lamentationem,

id. 25, 37:

fletus,

Prop. 2, 16 (3, 8), 31:

curas,

Stat. Th. 12, 514:

vulnera mentis,

Ov. P. 4, 11, 19 et saep.—Rarely with personal objects:

affert potionem et te sedatum it,

Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 22:

ut vix a magistratibus juventus sedaretur,

was quieted, brought to order, Liv. 21, 20:

tumultuantes deinde milites ipse sedavit,

Just. 12, 15, 2.—

Neutr., to become quiet, to lull, subside: postquam tempestas sedavit, Auct. ap. Gell. 18, 12, 6 (cf. the mid.: sedatur tempestas, supra).—Hence, sēdātus, a, um, P. a., composed, moderate, calm, quiet, tranquil, sedate (class.):

alter (Herodotus) sine ullis salebris quasi sedatus amnis fluit, alter (Thucydides) incitatior fertur,

Cic. Or. 12, 39:

in ipsis numeris sedatior,

id. ib. 52, 176:

sedatissimā et depressissimā voce uti,

Auct. Her. 3, 14, 24; cf.: Terenti, Latinā voce Menandrum sedatis vocibus effers, in gentle tones, Cic. poët. ap. Suet. Vit. Ter. 5:

oderunt Sedatum celeres, agilem gnavumque remissi,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 90:

scribere sedatiore animo,

Cic. Att. 8, 3, 7; cf.: olli sedato respondit corde Latinus. Verg. A. 12, 18:

amnes,

id. ib. 9, 30:

sedato gradu in castra abeunt,

Liv. 25, 37:

sedatius tempus,

Cic. Clu. 37, 103.— Adv.: sēdātē, calmly, tranquilly, sedately, Plaut. Men. 5, 6, 17; Cic. Tusc. 2, 20, 46; 2, 24, 58; id. Or. 27, 92. — Comp., Amm. 25, 1, 5.

sub-lĕvo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to lift up from beneath, to raise up, hold up, support (class.: esp. freq. in the trop. sense; syn.: extollo, erigo).

Lit.:

qui nos sibi quondam ad pedes stratos ne sublevabat quidem,

Cic. Att. 10, 4, 3:

in ascensu sublevati,

Caes. B. C. 2, 34; id. B. G. 7, 47:

alterni innixi sublevantesque invicem et trahentes alii alios,

Liv. 5, 47, 2; 28, 20, 5; cf.:

jubis equorum sublevati,

Caes. B. G. 1, 48:

erigere se aut sublevare,

id. ib. 6, 27:

terrā sublevat ipsum,

Verg. A. 10, 831:

apes regem fessum umeris sublevant,

Plin. 11, 17, 17, § 54:

inter manus sublevantium exstinctus est,

Suet. Vesp. 34 et saep.:

mentum sinistrā,

Auct. Her. 4, 50, 63:

retia furcis,

Plin. 9, 8, 9, § 31:

oculos,

Vulg. Joan. 6, 5.—

Trop., to sustain, support, assist, encourage, console any one in misfortune (syn.:

auxilior, subvenio, lenio, sedo): aratores (opp. evertere),

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 92, § 215:

homines defendere et sublevare,

id. Div. in Caecil. 2, 5:

aliquem (opp. deridere),

id. Tusc. 4, 37, 80:

aliquem (opp. laedere),

id. Caecin. 9, 23:

graviter eos accusat, quod tam necessario tempore ab iis non sublevetur,

Caes. B. G. 1, 16:

oppidanos re frumentariā,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 34:

provincias liberalitate,

Suet. Tib. 48:

ad sublevandos alios,

Nep. Epam. 3, 4. —Of things:

hic est status, qui unā voce omnium gemitur neque verbo cujusquam sublevatur,

Cic. Att. 2, 18, 1.—

To lighten, qualify, alleviate, mitigate, lessen an evil, to assuage:

non denique aliquo mediocri vitio tot tantaque ejus vitia sublevata esse videbuntur,

Cic. Verr. 1, 16, 47:

res adversae sublevantur,

id. Sull. 27, 75:

fortunam industriā,

Caes. B. C. 3, 73:

omnium rerum inopiam,

id. ib. 3, 80:

militum laborem,

id. B. G. 6, 32:

hominum pericula,

Cic. Mur. 4, 8:

calamitates hominum,

id. Tusc. 4, 20, 46:

una illa sublevanda offensio est,

id. Lael. 24, 88:

fugam pecuniā,

Nep. Att. 2: odia, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 3, 1:

blandimentum sublevavit metum,

Tac. A. 14, 4:

nominis noyitatem dicendi gloriā maxime sublevabis,

will compensate for, Q. Cic. Pet. Cons. 1, 2.