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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.

formīdŭlōsus ( formīdŏlōsus, v. Corss. Ausspr. 2, 145), a, um, adj. [2. formido], full of fear, fearful.

Act., producing fear, dreadful, terrible, terrific (class.):

nimis formidulosum facinus praedicas,

Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 65:

loca tetra, inculta, foeda, formidulosa,

Sall. C. 55, 13:

hunc locum consessumque vestrum, quem illi horribilem A. Cluentio ac formidulosum fore putaverunt,

Cic. Clu. 3, 7:

ferae,

Hor. Epod. 5, 55:

seu me Scorpius aspicit Formidolosus,

id. C. 2, 17, 18:

herbae formidolosae dictu, non esu modo,

Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 35:

facinus,

id. Am. 5, 1, 65:

dubia et formidulosa tempora,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 1, § 1:

formidulosissimum bellum,

id. Pis. 24, 58; id. de Imp. Pomp. 21, 62:

in vulgus,

Tac. A. 1, 76.—

Pass., experiencing fear, afraid, timid, timorous (rare;

not in Cic.): mancipia esse oportet neque formidolosa neque animosa,

Varr. R. R. 1, 17, 3:

num formidolosus, obsecro, es?

Ter. Eun. 4, 6, 18 sq.:

(boyes) ad ingredienda flumina aut pontes formidolosi,

Col. 6, 2, 14:

equus,

Sen. Clem. 17.— Comp.:

exercitum formidolosiorem hostium credere,

Tac. A. 1, 62.—Hence, adv.: formīdŭlōse.

Fearfully, dreadfully, terribly, Cic. Sest. 19, 42.—

Fearfully, timidly, timorously: formidolosius, Cato ap. Charis. p. 196 P.

formīdŭlōsus ( formīdŏlōsus, v. Corss. Ausspr. 2, 145), a, um, adj. [2. formido], full of fear, fearful.

Act., producing fear, dreadful, terrible, terrific (class.):

nimis formidulosum facinus praedicas,

Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 65:

loca tetra, inculta, foeda, formidulosa,

Sall. C. 55, 13:

hunc locum consessumque vestrum, quem illi horribilem A. Cluentio ac formidulosum fore putaverunt,

Cic. Clu. 3, 7:

ferae,

Hor. Epod. 5, 55:

seu me Scorpius aspicit Formidolosus,

id. C. 2, 17, 18:

herbae formidolosae dictu, non esu modo,

Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 35:

facinus,

id. Am. 5, 1, 65:

dubia et formidulosa tempora,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 1, § 1:

formidulosissimum bellum,

id. Pis. 24, 58; id. de Imp. Pomp. 21, 62:

in vulgus,

Tac. A. 1, 76.—

Pass., experiencing fear, afraid, timid, timorous (rare;

not in Cic.): mancipia esse oportet neque formidolosa neque animosa,

Varr. R. R. 1, 17, 3:

num formidolosus, obsecro, es?

Ter. Eun. 4, 6, 18 sq.:

(boyes) ad ingredienda flumina aut pontes formidolosi,

Col. 6, 2, 14:

equus,

Sen. Clem. 17.— Comp.:

exercitum formidolosiorem hostium credere,

Tac. A. 1, 62.—Hence, adv.: formīdŭlōse.

Fearfully, dreadfully, terribly, Cic. Sest. 19, 42.—

Fearfully, timidly, timorously: formidolosius, Cato ap. Charis. p. 196 P.

formīdŭlōsus ( formīdŏlōsus, v. Corss. Ausspr. 2, 145), a, um, adj. [2. formido], full of fear, fearful.

Act., producing fear, dreadful, terrible, terrific (class.):

nimis formidulosum facinus praedicas,

Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 65:

loca tetra, inculta, foeda, formidulosa,

Sall. C. 55, 13:

hunc locum consessumque vestrum, quem illi horribilem A. Cluentio ac formidulosum fore putaverunt,

Cic. Clu. 3, 7:

ferae,

Hor. Epod. 5, 55:

seu me Scorpius aspicit Formidolosus,

id. C. 2, 17, 18:

herbae formidolosae dictu, non esu modo,

Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 35:

facinus,

id. Am. 5, 1, 65:

dubia et formidulosa tempora,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 1, § 1:

formidulosissimum bellum,

id. Pis. 24, 58; id. de Imp. Pomp. 21, 62:

in vulgus,

Tac. A. 1, 76.—

Pass., experiencing fear, afraid, timid, timorous (rare;

not in Cic.): mancipia esse oportet neque formidolosa neque animosa,

Varr. R. R. 1, 17, 3:

num formidolosus, obsecro, es?

Ter. Eun. 4, 6, 18 sq.:

(boyes) ad ingredienda flumina aut pontes formidolosi,

Col. 6, 2, 14:

equus,

Sen. Clem. 17.— Comp.:

exercitum formidolosiorem hostium credere,

Tac. A. 1, 62.—Hence, adv.: formīdŭlōse.

Fearfully, dreadfully, terribly, Cic. Sest. 19, 42.—

Fearfully, timidly, timorously: formidolosius, Cato ap. Charis. p. 196 P.

obnoxĭōsus, a, um, adj. [obnoxius] (ante-class.).

Subject, submissive, obedient:

alicui,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 31.—

Hurtful, injurious, dangerous: res, Enn. ap. Gell. 7, 17, 10 (Trag. v. 341 Vahl.).—Hence, adv.: obnoxĭōsē, abjectly, timidly.— Comp., obnoxiosius, Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 30.

ob-noxĭus, a, um, adj.

Lit.

Subject, liable to punishment, obnoxious to punishment, punishable: obnoxius poenae obligatus ob delictum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 191 Müll.:

ego tibi me obnoxium esse fateor culpae compotem,

Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 61; Dig. 48, 15, 1:

ego lege Aquiliā obnoxius sum,

ib. 11, 3, 14.—

Liable or addicted to a fault or failing, guilty of it (cf.: deditus, addictus); constr.

With dat.:

animus neque delicto neque lubidini obnoxius,

not addicted to vice or to sensual pleasures, Sall. C. 52, 21:

communi culpae,

Ov. A. A. 1, 395:

facto,

Tib. 3, 4, 15.—

With gen.:

obnoxios criminum, digno supplicio subjectos, sepulturae tradi non vetamus,

for, on account of, Cod. Just. 3, 44, 11.—

Transf., in gen.

Subject, submissive, obedient, complying:

dum illos obnoxios fidosque sibi faceret,

Sall. C. 14, 6:

obnoxium atque subjectum esse alicui,

Liv. 7, 30, 2; 6, 28, 7; 23, 12, 9; 37, 53, 4; 42, 46, 3; Flor. 4, 4, 2. —

Obliged, under obligation, beholden, indebted, responsible, answerable:

uxori obnoxius sum,

Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 22:

totam Graeciam beneficio libertatis obnoxiam Romanis esse,

Liv. 35, 31:

fratris radiis obnoxia Luna,

Verg. G. 1, 396:

facies nullis obnoxia gemmis,

not indebted to any jewels, Prop. 1, 2, 21:

tantum in eo obnoxius est, si quid ipse dolo fecerit,

Gai. Inst. 3, 207.—

Exposed to a person, humbled before one:

ne obnoxius filio sim et servo,

Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 80.—

Submissive, abject, servile, slavish, mean-spirited, timid, cowardly, etc.:

non quibus ego essem obnoxius,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 150:

summissaeque manus, faciesque obnoxia mansit,

Ov. M. 5, 235:

si aut superbus, aut obnoxius videar,

Liv. 23, 12:

pax,

servile, dishonorable, id. 9, 10.—

Subject, liable, exposed, obnoxious to any thing; with dat., ad, or in and acc.

With dat.:

infidis consiliis obnoxius,

Tac. H. 3, 55:

insidiis,

id. A. 14, 40:

infelici fecunditate fortunae,

exposed, id. ib. 2, 75:

aemulationi, odio, privatis affectionibus,

id. ib. 3, 58:

morbo,

Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 221:

contumeliis,

Suet. Tib. 63:

bello,

Ov. P. 1, 8, 73:

plerique Crasso ex negotiis privatis obnoxii,

Sall. C. 48, 5:

urbs artis itineribus (sc. incendiis),

Tac. A. 15, 38.—

With ad: terra solida ad tales casus obnoxia, exposed to such accidents (viz. earthquakes), Plin. 2, 82, 84, § 197.—

With in and acc.:

in omnia obnoxius,

exposed to every thing, Flor. 3, 20, 1. —

In gen., exposed or liable to injury, danger, or misfortune, weak, infirm, frail:

in hoc obnoxio domicilio animus liber habitat,

Sen. Ep. 65, 21:

supplex et obnoxius,

Cic. ad Brut. 1, 17, 6:

corpora,

sickly, weakly, Plin. 31, 6, 32, § 60:

flos,

which soon falls off, soon suffers injury, frail, delicate, id. 14, 2, 4, § 27.—

Obnoxium est, it is hazardous, dangerous, Tac. Or. 10.— Comp.:

obnoxior (al. noxior),

Sen. Clem. 1, 13.—Hence, adv.: obnoxĭē (only in Plaut. and Liv.).

Guiltily, culpably:

nihil obnoxie perire,

quite innocently, Plaut. Stich. 3, 2, 41.—

Submissively, slavishly, timidly:

sententias dicere,

Liv. 3, 39, 1.

tĭmĭdus, a, um, adj. [timeo], fearful, afraid, faint-hearted, cowardly, timid (opp. audax; cf.: pavidus, trepidus, iners, ignavus): timido metu refugere, Enn. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 58, 218; id. ap. Fin. 5, 11, 31 (Trag. v. 46 Vahl.); cf.:

nimium me timidum fuisse confiteor,

Cic. Sest. 16, 36:

se timidum atque ignavum judicari,

id. Fam. 11, 18, 1:

timidus ac tremens,

id. Pis. 30, 74:

imbelles timidique,

id. Off. 1, 24, 83:

timidus imperitusque,

id. Caecin. 7, 18:

timidus in labore militari,

id. Fam. 1, 17, 1:

non timidus ad mortem,

id. Fin. 2, 20, 63 et saep.:

timidus animus, humilis, demissus fractusque,

id. Off. 3, 32, 115:

spes,

Ov. H. 16, 375:

amor,

id. ib. 18 (19), 172:

fides,

id. M. 9, 792:

manus,

id. Tr. 2, 228:

tergum,

Hor. C. 3, 2, 16:

navis,

Ov. F. 1, 4:

timido cursu Fugit,

id. M. 1, 525:

preces,

id. Tr. 5, 8, 28:

pro cauto timidus accipitur,

Sen. Ep. 45, 7:

in bello fortis, in foro timidus,

id. ib. 120, 9.— In a good sense = cautus, cautious:

mater timidi non solet flere,

Nep. Thras. 2, 3.— Comp.:

adversis mediocribus timidiores,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 13:

nihil timidius columbā,

Varr. R. R. 3, 7, 3:

timidiora mandata videbantur, quam, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 11, 18, 1. — Sup.:

timidissime Phineu,

Ov. M. 5, 224:

turba, columbae,

id. A. A. 1, 117.—

With inf. ( poet.):

Codrus pro patriā non timidus mori,

Hor. C. 3, 19, 2:

non timidus pro patriā perire,

id. ib. 4, 9, 52:

agitare aprum,

Sil. 16, 575.—

With gen. ( poet. and in postAug. prose):

timidus procellae,

Hor. A. P. 28; so,

deorum,

Ov. M. 5, 100: animalia timida lucis, that shun the light, i. e. remote from the light, dark, Sen. Vit. Beat. 20, 6:

timidum doloris ac mortis,

Lact. 3, 26. — Hence, adv.: tĭmĭdē, fearfully, timidly:

timide (opp. fidenter),

Cic. Div. 2, 31, 67:

timide aliquid facere,

id. Tusc. 2, 23, 55:

dicere,

id. Planc. 10, 24:

timide vel potius verecunde,

id. Fin. 5, 2, 6; id. Quint. 16, 51; id. Sull. 29, 80; Caecin. ap. Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 3; Caes. B. G. 3, 25; id. B. C. 1, 19; Hor. A. P. 171; Ov. M. 1, 746; Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 2; Sen. Hippol. 393.— Comp.:

timidius dicere,

Cic. Caecin. 27, 77:

cum omnia trepidantius timidiusque ageret,

Caes. B. C. 1, 19.— Sup.:

quod timidissime dicendum est,

Quint. 11, 1, 77.