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  • 1 mitis

    mītis, e, adj. [etym. dub.; cf. Sanscr. mith-, to associate; Lat. mutuus], mild, mellow, mature, ripe; of the soil, mellow, light, kindly, fruitful; of a river, calm, gentle, placid (class.; syn.: lenis, placidus, comis).
    I.
    Lit.:

    sunt nobis mitia poma,

    Verg. E. 1, 81:

    uva,

    id. G. 1, 448:

    Bacchus (i. e. vinum),

    mellow, id. ib. 1, 344:

    suci,

    Ov. M. 14, 690:

    mite solum Tiburis,

    Hor. C. 1, 18, 2:

    mitis (fluvius) in morem stagni,

    Verg. A. 8, 88:

    flamma,

    harmless, innoxious, Sil. 16, 120.—
    II.
    Trop., mild, soft, gentle.
    A.
    In gen.:

    nihil tam vidi mite, nihil tam placatum, quam tum meus frater erat in sororem tuam,

    Cic. Att. 5, 1, 3:

    mitis tranquillusque homo,

    Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 2:

    homo mitissimus atque lenissimus,

    Cic. Cat. 4, 5, 10:

    ex feris et immanibus, mites reddidit et mansuetos,

    id. Inv. 1, 2, 2.— Poet., with acc., in respect of:

    nec Mauris animum mitior anguibus,

    Hor. C. 3, 10, 18. —With dat.:

    mites hostibus,

    Ov. P. 2, 1, 48:

    poenitentiae mitior,

    towards the penitent, Tac. Agr. 16.—
    B.
    Of things:

    mitis et misericors animus,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 55, 106:

    consilium,

    Ov. Tr. 1, 5, 5:

    doctrina,

    Cic. Mur. 29, 160: malum, blandum atque dolosum, Lucil. ap. Non. 343, 9:

    mitius exsilium,

    Ov. Tr. 2, 185:

    servitium,

    Prop. 3, 13, 20:

    opes,

    acquired through a long peace, Sil. 14, 653:

    affectus mitiores,

    Quint. 5, 13, 2:

    ingenium,

    Juv. 4, 82; 13, 184:

    animus,

    id. 14, 15.—
    C.
    Of speech:

    Thucydides si posterius fuisset, multo maturior fuisset et mitior,

    riper and mellower, more palalable, Cic. Brut. 83, 288:

    mitis et compta oratio,

    id. Sen. 9, 28:

    non hac tam atroci, sed illa lege mitissima, causam dicere,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 9, § 26.—
    III.
    Comically, made soft, mellow with beating:

    mitis sum equidem fustibus,

    Plaut. Mil. 5, 31; cf. Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 12.—Hence, adv.: mīte, mildly, soflly, gently (rare;

    not in Cic.): mite connivere,

    App. M. 10, p. 285, 4.— Comp.:

    mitius ille perit,

    Ov. P. 3, 7, 27. — Sup.:

    mitissime legatos appellare,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 43.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > mitis

  • 2 sensim

    sensim, adv. [sentio] (prop. sensibly, i. e. perceptibly, observably, visibly; hence, as opp. to what is unforeseen, unexpected, sudden), slowly, gently, soflly, gradually (freq. and class.; syn.: paulatim, pedetemptim;

    opp. repente): sensim tardeve potius quasi nosmet ipsos cognoscimus,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 15, 41: sensim et pedetemptim, Lucil. ap. Non. 29, 7; cf.:

    sensim et pedetemptim progrediens extenuatur dolor,

    Cic. Tusc. 3, 22, 54:

    sensim pedetemptimque... sensim dissuere amicitias,

    id. Off. 1, 33, 120:

    ille sensim dicebat, quod causae prodesset, tu cursim dicis aliena,

    id. Phil. 2, 17, 42:

    submissius a primo, post sensim incedens,

    id. Or. 8, 26; Liv. 10, 5:

    sensim sine sensu aetas senescit (an alliteration),

    Cic. Sen. 11, 38:

    non sensim atque moderate arrepserat, sed brevi tempore totum hominem possederat,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 68, § 158:

    animos sensim ac leniter accendere,

    id. Cael. 11, 25:

    leniter et sensim,

    Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 14; so (with modice) Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 57; (with placide) Gell. 5, 14, 11; (with comiter) id. 13, 4, 3; (with paulatim) Plin. Ep. 4, 30, 4; Gell. 12, 1, 22:

    sensim super attolle limen pedes, nova nupta,

    Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 1:

    consuetudo sensim eo deducta est, ut,

    Cic. Off. 2, 3, 9:

    vocem cubantes sensim excitant,

    id. de Or. 1, 59, 251:

    minuere,

    id. Off. 2, 8, 27:

    memoria sensim obscurata est et evanuit,

    id. de Or. 2, 23, 95:

    sed sensim is a nonnullis reprehendebatur,

    Nep. Att. 9:

    sensim temptantium animos sermo,

    Liv. 2, 2; cf.:

    mentio sensim illata,

    id. 4, 1:

    non jam sensim, ut ante, principes, sed passim omnes postulat,

    id. 2, 45:

    sensim incedere jubet,

    id. 10, 5:

    sensim et sapienter amare,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 565:

    parce gaudere oportet et sensim queri,

    Phaedr. 4, 16, 9.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > sensim

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