to tickle

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• Never Tickle a Sleeping Dragon. (motto of Harry Potter's alma mater)

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.

scalpo, psi, ptum, 3, v. a. [root skalp-; Gr. skalops, mole; Lat. talpa; cf. scalprum; also Gr. gluphô].

To cut, carve, scrape, scratch, engrave (class.; syn. caelo), said of surface work, = xeein; sculpo, of deeper work, high relief, or statuary, = gluphô:

ad pingendum, ad fingendum, ad scalpendum apta manus est,

Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 150:

Phidiam tradunt scalpsisse marmora,

Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 15:

marmora ac scyphos,

id. 35, 11, 40, § 128 (Sillig, sculpsit):

gemmas,

id. 37, 10, 65, § 177:

flores et acanthi eleganter scalpti,

Vitr. 2, 7, 4.— Poet.:

sepulcro querelam,

to carve, Hor. C. 3, 11, 52.— Transf., to scratch:

terram unguibus,

to scratch, dig, Hor. S. 1, 8, 26; Col. 7, 5, 6:

exulceratam verrucam,

Suet. Dom. 16: nates, Pompon. ap. Non. 516, 26:

caput uno digito,

Juv. 9, 133: scalpendo tantum ferreis unguibus, Plin. 13, 7, 14, § 56.—

Trop., in mal. part., to tickle, titillate:

tremulo scalpuntur ubi intima versu,

Pers. 1, 21.

tergeo or less freq. tergo, si, sum, 2 or 3 (v. Neue, Formenl. 2, 423 sq.; part. perf. tertus, Varr. ap. Non. 179, 7 and 8), v. a. [for stergo; akin to stringo; Gr. strangeuô, to twist], to rub off, wipe off, wipe dry, wipe clean, cleanse.

Lit. (class.;

syn. verro): numquam concessavimus Lavari aut fricari aut tergeri aut ornari,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 10: mantelium, ubi manus terguntur, Varr L. L. 6, § 85 Müll.; so,

frontem sudario,

Quint. 6, 3, 60:

nares in adversum,

id. 11, 3, 121:

fossas,

to dry, Cato, R. R. 2, 4; Col. 2, 21, 3:

aequatam (mensam) mentae tersere virentes,

Ov. M. 8, 663:

pars leves clipeos et spicula lucida tergent,

rub off, polish, burnish, Verg. A. 7, 626:

arma,

Liv. 26, 51, 4:

leve argentum, vasa aspera,

Juv. 14, 62:

manuque simul velut lacrimantia tersit Lumina,

Ov. M. 13, 132:

oculos pedibus,

Plin. 11, 48, 108, § 258. — Poet.:

aridus unde aures terget sonus ille,

grates upon, Lucr. 6, 119:

nubila caeli (Aurora),

to scatter, Sil. 16, 136:

tergere palatum,

to tickle the palate, Hor. S. 2, 2, 24. — Absol.: qui tractant ista, qui tergunt, qui ungunt, qui verrunt, * Cic. Par. 5, 2, 37:

si QVIS TERGERE ORNARE REFICERR VOLET (sc. aram),

Inscr. Orell. 2489.—

Trop. (very rare):

librum,

i. e. to improve, amend, Mart. 6, 1, 3:

scelus,

to expiate, Sen. Herc. Oet. 907.—Hence, tersus, a, um, P. a., wiped off, i. e. clean, neat (not in Cic.).

Lit.:

(mulier) lauta, tersa, ornata, etc.,

Plaut. Stich. 5, 5, 4; cf id. Pa. 1, 2, 31; cf.: alii sunt circumtonsi et tersi atque unctuli, Varr. ap Non. 179, 8:

plantae,

Ov. M. 2, 736:

tersum diem pro sereno dictum ab antiquis,

Fest. p. 363 Müll. —

Trop., pure, correct, nice, neat, terse: judicium acre tersumque. Quint. 12, 10, 20:

tersum ac limatum esse oportet quod libris dedicatur,

id. 12, 10, 50:

elegiae tersus atque elegans auctor,

id. 10, 1, 93; of in comp.:

multo est tersior ac purus magis (Horatius),

id. 10, 1, 94:

opus tersum, molle, jucundum,

Plin. Ep. 9, 22, 2; so,

praefationes tersae, graciles, dulces,

id. ib. 2, 3, 1.— Sup.:

vir in judicio litterarum tersissimus,

Stat. S. 2 praef. —No adv.

tītillo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to tickle, titillate.

Lit.:

sensus,

Lucr. 2, 429:

voluptas, quae quasi titillaret sensus,

Cic. Fin. 1, 11, 39; cf.

carnem,

Tert. Pud. 22 med.:

multitudinis levitatem voluptate quasi titillantes,

Cic. Off. 2, 18, 63. —

Trop.:

ne vos titillet gloria,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 179:

maerorem,

Sen. Ep. 99, 7:

appetentia cum titillatur,

Macr. S. 7, 5, 30:

titillata voluptas,

Aus. Epigr. 108, 15:

femina nulla prorsus invidia titillata,

Mart. Cap. 2, § 172:

his blandimentis titillat animas,

Lact. 6, 22, 3; Aug. in Psa. 102, 5, Serm. 154, 4; Leo. M. Serm. 41, 1.— Absol.:

ego titillare non desinam,

to amuse myself, Sen. Ep. 113, 21; cf.:

per diem noctemque titillari velle,

id. Vit. Beat. 5, 4:

titillante gulā,

Macr. S. 7, 5, 23.