very agreeable or pleasant

dulcis, e, adj. [from gulcis, by dissimilation; cf. ten-ebrae from root tam-; root in Sanscr. gul-jam, sweetness; Gr. glukus, glukeros, sweet], sweet (very freq.; cf.: suavis, venustus, jucundus, gratus, acceptus, amoenus, etc.).

Lit., opp. amarus:

(animal) sentit et dulcia et amara,

Cic. N. D. 3, 13; cf. Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 72:

mel,

id. Asin. 3, 3, 24; id. Truc. 2, 4, 20; cf.:

liquor mellis,

Lucr. 1, 938; 4, 13:

aqua,

id. 6, 890:

poma,

id. 5, 1377; Hor. S. 2, 5, 12:

vinum,

id. C. 3, 12, 1; cf.

merum,

id. ib. 3, 13, 2:

dolium,

id. Epod. 2, 47:

olivum,

id. S. 2, 4, 64:

sapor,

id. C. 3, 1, 19 et saep.— Comp.:

uva,

Ov. M. 13, 795.— Sup.:

panis,

Plin. 18, 10, 20, § 92 et saep.—Hence,

Subst. and heterocl., dulcia, ōrum, n., sweet cakes, honey-cakes, sugar-cakes (late Lat.), Vop. Tac. 6; Lampr. Heliog. 26; 31; Prud. Psych. 429.—

Trop., agreeable, delightful, pleasant, charming, soft, flattering.

In gen.:

dulcia atque amara apud te sum elocutus omnia,

Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 2; cf. id. ib. 1, 1, 61; id. Truc. 1, 2, 78:

vita,

Lucr. 2, 997; cf.:

lumina vitae,

id. 5, 989:

solacia, vitae,

id. 5, 21:

orator,

Cic. Off. 1, 1, 3; cf.

of orators or writers,

Quint. 10, 1, 77; 73; 12, 10, 44; cf.

also: non quo ea (oratione) Laelii quicquam sit dulcius,

Cic. Brut. 21, 83:

genus dicendi,

Quint. 2, 8, 4:

carmen,

id. 12, 10, 33:

poëmata,

Hor. A. P. 99 et saep.:

nomen libertatis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 63; cf. id. Att. 15, 13, 3:

auditu nomen,

Liv. 24, 21, 3:

amores,

Hor. C. 1, 9, 15:

otium,

id. Epod. 1, 8:

fortuna,

id. C. 1, 37, 11:

dulce et decorum est pro patria mori,

Hor. C. 3, 2, 13.—With dat.:

mensae dulcis herili canis,

Val. Fl. 7, 130.—Prov.:

dulce etiam fugias, fieri quod amarum potest,

Pub. Syr. 144 Rib. — Sup.:

epistola,

Cic. Att. 15, 13, 4:

quod in amicissimo quoque dulcissimum est,

id. Lael. 23 fin. al.—

In partic. of friends, lovers, etc., friendly, pleasant, agreeable, charming, kind, dear:

amici (opp. acerbi inimici),

Cic. Lael. 24 fin.; cf.:

amicitia remissior esse debet et liberior et dulcior,

id. ib. 18 fin.:

liberi,

Hor. Epod. 2, 40; cf.

nata,

id. S. 2, 3, 199:

alumnus,

id. C. 3, 23, 7; id. Ep. 1, 4, 8.—Hence, in addressing a person:

optime et dulcissime frater,

Cic. Leg. 3, 11; cf.:

dulcissime Attice,

id. Att. 6, 2, 9: mi dulcissime Tiro, Cic. Fil. Fam. 16, 21, 2:

dulcis amice,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 12:

dulce decus meum,

id. C. 1, 1, 2.— Absol.:

quid agis, dulcissime rerum?

Hor. S. 1, 9, 4.— Hence, adv. (acc. to II.), agreeably, delightfully.

dulcĭter, Cic. Fin. 2, 6, 18; Quint. 1, 10, 24; 4, 2, 62; 9, 4, 14; 12, 10, 71. —

dulce, Cat. 51, 5; Hor. C. 1, 22, 23; 24; id. Ep. 1, 7, 27; Stat. S. 3, 4, 8; id. Th. 4, 274.—

Comp.:

dulcius spirare,

Quint. 12, 10, 27; Prop. 1, 2, 14.—

Sup.:

dulcissime scripta,

Cic. Brut. 19, 77.

com-mŏdus, a, um, adj., that has a due or proper measure; hence,

Object., complete, perfect, of full weight or measure, fit, suitable, due, proper, etc. (mostly poet. or in post-Aug. prose;

most freq. in Plaut.): statura,

a tall stature, Plaut. As. 2, 3, 21:

capillus,

id. Most. 1, 3, 98:

viginti argenti minae,

full twenty, id. As. 3, 3, 134 (cf. id. ib. 3, 3, 144: minae bonae); id. Merc. 2, 3, 101:

talentum argenti,

id. Rud. 5, 2, 31; Lucil. ap. Non. p. 266, 27:

novem cyathis commodis miscentur pocula,

Hor. C. 3, 19, 12:

alimenta,

Dig. 34, 1, 16, § 1:

capitis valetudo commodior,

more firm, Cels. 8, 1; Quint. 6, 3, 77;

and transf. to the person: vivere filium atque etiam commodiorem esse,

to be better, Plin. Ep. 3, 16, 4.—

Subject., suitable, fit, convenient, opportune, commodious, easy, appropriate for some one or something, favorable, friendly to (in every period and species of composition); constr. with dat. or absol., rarely with ad (v. the foll.).

Of things.

With dat.

Of the purpose or use:

curationi omnia commodiora,

Liv. 30, 19, 5:

nec pecori opportuna seges nec commoda Baccho,

Verg. G. 4, 129.—

Of the person:

hoc et vobis et meae commodum famae arbitror,

Ter. Hec. 4, 2, 9:

quod erit mihi bonum et commodum,

id. Phorm. 1, 2, 81:

nulla lex satis commoda omnibus est (corresp. with prodesse),

Liv. 34, 3, 5:

primordia eloquentiae mortalibus,

Tac. Or. 12:

hanc sibi commodissimam belli rationem judicavit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 85:

quae sit stella homini commoda, quaeque mala,

Prop. 2 (3), 27, 4.—

Absol.:

hiberna,

Liv. 42, 67, 8:

longius ceterum commodius iter,

id. 22, 2, 2; cf.:

commodissimus in Britanniam transjectus,

Caes. B. G. 5, 2:

commodius anni tempus,

Cic. Att. 9, 3, 1; cf. Ter. And. 5, 2, 3:

faciliore ac commodiore judicio,

Cic. Caecin. 3, 8:

litterae satis commodae de Britannicis rebus,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 7, § 25:

mores,

id. Lael. 15, 54:

commodissimum esse statuit, omnes naves subduci, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 5, 11.—

With or without dat. pers. in the phrase commodum est, it pleases, is agreeable, = libet:

proinde ut commodum est,

Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 8; 3, 1, 2: dum erit commodum, Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 38:

si id non commodum est,

id. Eun. 3, 2, 49; id. Phorm. 5, 8, 37; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 13, § 33 Ascon.; 2, 2, 16, § 39; 2, 1, 26, § 65; 2, 3, 70, § 165; id. Div. 1, 49, 111; id. de Or. 3, 23, 87; Plin. Pan. 48, 1:

id si tibi erit commodum, cures velim,

Cic. Att. 13, 48, 2; Cels. 4, 4; 4, 22.—

With ad and acc. of purpose (very rare):

nec satis ad cursus commoda vestis Erat,

Ov. F. 2, 288.—

With sup. in u (rare):

hoc exornationis genus... commodum est auditu,

Auct. Her. 4, 18, 26.—

Of persons, serving a neighbor or (more freq.) accommodating one ' s self to his wishes, useful, serviceable, pleasant, agreeable, obliging, neighborly, friendly, polite, affable, gentle, etc.:

mihi commodus uni,

Hor. Ep. 1, 9, 9; cf. id. ib. 2, 1, 227:

quemquamne existimas Catone commodiorem, communiorem, moderatiorem fuisse ad omnem rationem humanitatis?

Cic. Mur. 31, 66:

commodior mitiorque,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 13, § 39:

Apronius, qui aliis inhumanus ac barbarus, isti uni commodus ac disertus,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 9, § 23:

convivae,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 2; cf.:

commodus comissator,

Ter. Ad. 5, 2, 8; and:

commodus meis sodalibus,

Hor. C. 4, 8, 1:

homines,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 28:

mulier commoda, Faceta,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 10; cf. id. And. 5, 2, 3.—In a double sense with I. supra:

ubi tu commoda's, capillum commodum esse credito,

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 98.— Poet., of the measure of iambic verse:

spondeos in jura paterna recepit Commodus et patiens,

sharing the paternal rights with them, in a fraternal manner, Hor. A. P. 257.—Hence,

Subst.: commŏdum, i, n.

A convenient opportunity, favorable condition, convenience (rare, but in good prose):

nostrum exspectare,

Cic. Att. 16, 2, 1:

cum tamdiu sedens meum commodum exspectet,

id. ib. 14, 2, 3;

12, 38, 1: velim aliquando, cum erit tuum commodum, Lentulum puerum visas,

when it shall be convenient for you, id. ib. 12, 28, 3.—More freq.,

In the connection commodo meo, tuo, etc., per commodum, ex commodo, at, or according to my, thy, etc., convenience, conveniently, at one ' s leisure:

etiamsi spatium ad dicendum nostro commodo vacuosque dies habuissemus,

according to our convenience, Cic. Verr. 1, 18, 56:

quod commodo tuo fiat,

id. Fam. 4, 2, 4; 1, 1, 3; id. Att. 13, 48, 1: suo commodo me convenire, Caes. ap. Cic. ib. 14, 1, 2:

ubi consul copias per commodum exponere posset,

Liv. 42, 18, 3:

tamquam lecturus ex commodo,

Sen. Ep. 46, 1; Col. 12, 19, 3;

so opp. festinanter,

id. 6, 2, 14.—

Advantage, profit (very freq. in all periods and species of composition):

commodum est, quod plus usus habet quam molestiae: bonum sincerum debet esse et ab omni parte innoxium,

Sen. Ep. 87, 36 sq.:

ut malis gaudeant atque ex incommodis Alterius sua ut comparent commoda,

Ter. And. 4, 1, 4:

ut ex illius commodo meum compararem commodum,

id. Heaut. 2, 4, 17; cf. id. Hec. 5, 3, 42; Cic. N. D. 1, 9, 23:

cui tam subito tot congruerint commoda,

Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 3:

(honestatem) ipsam suo splendore ad se animos ducere, nullo prorsus commodo extrinsecus posito, Cic. Ac. Fragm. ap. Aug. contr. Ac. 3, 7, 15 (IV. 2, p. 470 Orell.): sequi matris commodum,

Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 31:

pacis,

Cic. de Or. 2, 82, 335:

contra valetudinis commodum laborare,

to the injury of health, id. Mur. 23, 47:

mea,

Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 37:

in publica peccem,

id. ib. 2, 1, 3; cf.:

populi commoda,

Nep. Phoc. 4, 1.—

Specif., a reward, pay, stipend, salary, wages for public service: veteranorum, Brut. et Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 2, 3:

omnibus provincialibus ornamentis commodisque depositis,

emoluments, id. Red. in Sen. 14, 35; Suet. Ner. 32; cf.:

emeritae militiae,

id. Calig. 44; id. Aug. 49; cf. also id. Vit. 15; id. Galb. 12:

militibus commoda dare,

Ov. A. A. 1, 131 sq.:

tribunatus,

Cic. Fam. 7, 8, 1:

missionum,

Suet. Aug. 49.—

A favor, privilege, immunity, Suet. Aug. 31; id. Claud. 19.—

A useful thing, a good:

commoda vitae,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 36, 87; Lucr. 3, 2; cf.:

cetera opinione bona sunt... proprietas in illis boni non est. Itaque commoda vocentur,

Sen. Ep. 74, 17:

inter commoda illas (divitias) numeratis: atqui eādem ratione ne commodum quidem erunt,

id. ib. 87, 29. —

Sometimes commodo or per commodum, adverb. antith. to that which is [p. 382] injurious, without injury or detriment:

ut regem reducas, quod commodo rei publicae facere possis,

Cic. Fam. 1, 1, 3:

si per commodum reipublicae posset, Romam venisset,

Liv. 10, 25, 17.—

Concr., = commodatum, that which is lent, a loan:

qui forum et basilicas commodis hospitum, non furtis nocentium ornarent,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 3, § 6; cf. Isid. Orig. 5, 25, 16.—

Advv.:

commŏdum, adv. temp. (only in colloquial lang. and post-class. prose writers).

At a fit time, just in time, at the very nick, at the very moment, opportunely, seasonably ( = opportune, eukairôs):

ecce autem commodum aperitur foris,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 61:

commodum adveni domum,

id. Am. 2, 2, 37:

orditur loqui,

id. Trin. 5, 2, 12:

ipse exit Lesbonicus,

id. ib. 2, 3, 9: eukairôs ad me venit, cum haberem Dolabellam, Torquatus... commodum egeram diligentissime, Cic. Att. 13, 9, 1; Symm. Ep. 2, 47. —

To designate a point of time that corresponds with another, or that just precedes it, just, just then, just now.

Absol.:

ad te hercle ibam commodum,

Plaut. Cas. 3, 4, 3; Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 9:

Taurus, sectatoribus commodum dimissis, sedebat, etc.,

Gell. 2, 2, 2:

si istac ibis, commodum obviam venies patri,

just meet, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 107. —

With postquam or (more freq.) with cum in a parallel clause:

postquam me misisti ad portum cum luci simul, Commodum radiosus ecce sol superabat ex mari,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 41:

quom huc respicio ad virginem, Illa sese interea commodum huc advorterat,

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 52:

commodum discesseras heri, cum Trebatius venit,

Cic. Att. 13, 9, 1:

emerseram commodum ex Antiati in Appiam, cum in me incurrit Curio,

id. ib. 2, 12, 2 B. and K. (al. commode); so with the pluperf. and a foll. cum, id. ib. 13, 19, 1; 13, 30, 2; 10, 16, 1; App. M. 1, p. 107, 15:

adducitur a Veneriis Lollius commodum cum Apronius e palaestrā redisset,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 25, § 61 B. and K. (Zumpt, commode):

cum jam filiae nostrae dies natalis appeteret, commodum aderant, quae muneri miseratis,

Symm. Ep. 3, 50. —

commŏdŏ, adv. temp., = commodum, a., just in time, seasonably, just at this time (ante-class. and very rare): commodo eccum exit, Titin. ap. Charis. p. 177 P. (i. e. in tempore, Charis.): commodo de parte superiore descendebat, Sisenn. ib.: commodo dictitemus, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Charis. p. 174; cf. id. ib. p. 177.—

commŏdē, adv.

(Acc. to commodus, I.) Duly, properly, completely, rightly, well, skilfully, neatly, etc. (class.):

suo quique loco viden' capillus satis compositu'st commode?

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 97: commode amictus non sum, id. Fragm. ap. Gell. 18, 12, 3:

saltare, Nep. praef. § 1: legere,

Plin. Ep. 5, 19, 3; cf. in comp., id. ib. 9, 34, 1:

multa breviter et commode dicta,

Cic. Lael. 1, 1; cf. id. de Or. 1, 53, 227; id. Rosc. Am. 4, 9; Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 20; 1, 2, 33 al.:

cogitare,

id. Heaut. prol. 14:

audire,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 58, § 134:

valere,

Plin. Ep. 3, 20, 11:

feceris commode mihique gratum, si, etc.,

Cic. Att. 10, 3 fin.:

commode facere, quod, etc.,

id. ib. 11, 7, 7; in comp.:

commodius fecissent tribuni plebis, si, etc.,

id. Agr. 3, 1, 1.—In medic.:

commode facere,

to do well, be beneficial, Cels. 4, 12.—

(Acc. to commodus, II.)

Conveniently, suitably, opportunely, fitly, aptly, appropriately:

magis commode quam strenue navigavi,

Cic. Att. 16, 6, 1:

ille satis scite et commode tempus ad te cepit adeundi,

id. Fam. 11, 16, 1:

vos istic commodissime sperem esse,

id. ib. 14, 7, 2:

explorat, quo commodissime itinere valles transiri possit,

Caes. B. G. 5, 49 fin.:

hoc ego commodius quam tu vivo,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 110; cf.:

consumere vitiatum commodius quam integrum,

id. ib. 2, 2, 91; Quint. 6, 3, 54:

cui commodissime subjungitur,

id. 9, 3, 82; cf. id. 4, 1, 76.—

In a friendly manner, pleasantly, gently, kindly:

acceptae bene et commode eximus,

Plaut. Cas. 5, 1, 1; id. Poen. 1, 2, 190; Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 48.—

(Equiv. to commodum, adv. b.) Just, just at the moment when, etc.; only v.l. in the doubtful passages cited supra, commodum, b. fin.

Commŏdus, i, m., a Roman cognomen; so L. Aelius Aurelius Commodus, Roman emperor, Lampr. Commod. 1 sq.; Eutr. 8, 15 al.—Hence,

Commŏdĭā-nus, a, um, adj., of or pertaining to Commodus: horti, Lampr. Commod. 8:

thermae,

Spart. Nigid. 6 al. —

Commŏ-dĭus, a, um, adj., the same:

Nonae,

Lampr. Commod. 12; cf. id. ib. 11.—

Commŏ-dus, a, um, adj., the same: mensis, i. e. August, which Commodus wished to name after himself, Lampr. Commod. 11.

com-mŏdus, a, um, adj., that has a due or proper measure; hence,

Object., complete, perfect, of full weight or measure, fit, suitable, due, proper, etc. (mostly poet. or in post-Aug. prose;

most freq. in Plaut.): statura,

a tall stature, Plaut. As. 2, 3, 21:

capillus,

id. Most. 1, 3, 98:

viginti argenti minae,

full twenty, id. As. 3, 3, 134 (cf. id. ib. 3, 3, 144: minae bonae); id. Merc. 2, 3, 101:

talentum argenti,

id. Rud. 5, 2, 31; Lucil. ap. Non. p. 266, 27:

novem cyathis commodis miscentur pocula,

Hor. C. 3, 19, 12:

alimenta,

Dig. 34, 1, 16, § 1:

capitis valetudo commodior,

more firm, Cels. 8, 1; Quint. 6, 3, 77;

and transf. to the person: vivere filium atque etiam commodiorem esse,

to be better, Plin. Ep. 3, 16, 4.—

Subject., suitable, fit, convenient, opportune, commodious, easy, appropriate for some one or something, favorable, friendly to (in every period and species of composition); constr. with dat. or absol., rarely with ad (v. the foll.).

Of things.

With dat.

Of the purpose or use:

curationi omnia commodiora,

Liv. 30, 19, 5:

nec pecori opportuna seges nec commoda Baccho,

Verg. G. 4, 129.—

Of the person:

hoc et vobis et meae commodum famae arbitror,

Ter. Hec. 4, 2, 9:

quod erit mihi bonum et commodum,

id. Phorm. 1, 2, 81:

nulla lex satis commoda omnibus est (corresp. with prodesse),

Liv. 34, 3, 5:

primordia eloquentiae mortalibus,

Tac. Or. 12:

hanc sibi commodissimam belli rationem judicavit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 85:

quae sit stella homini commoda, quaeque mala,

Prop. 2 (3), 27, 4.—

Absol.:

hiberna,

Liv. 42, 67, 8:

longius ceterum commodius iter,

id. 22, 2, 2; cf.:

commodissimus in Britanniam transjectus,

Caes. B. G. 5, 2:

commodius anni tempus,

Cic. Att. 9, 3, 1; cf. Ter. And. 5, 2, 3:

faciliore ac commodiore judicio,

Cic. Caecin. 3, 8:

litterae satis commodae de Britannicis rebus,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 7, § 25:

mores,

id. Lael. 15, 54:

commodissimum esse statuit, omnes naves subduci, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 5, 11.—

With or without dat. pers. in the phrase commodum est, it pleases, is agreeable, = libet:

proinde ut commodum est,

Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 8; 3, 1, 2: dum erit commodum, Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 38:

si id non commodum est,

id. Eun. 3, 2, 49; id. Phorm. 5, 8, 37; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 13, § 33 Ascon.; 2, 2, 16, § 39; 2, 1, 26, § 65; 2, 3, 70, § 165; id. Div. 1, 49, 111; id. de Or. 3, 23, 87; Plin. Pan. 48, 1:

id si tibi erit commodum, cures velim,

Cic. Att. 13, 48, 2; Cels. 4, 4; 4, 22.—

With ad and acc. of purpose (very rare):

nec satis ad cursus commoda vestis Erat,

Ov. F. 2, 288.—

With sup. in u (rare):

hoc exornationis genus... commodum est auditu,

Auct. Her. 4, 18, 26.—

Of persons, serving a neighbor or (more freq.) accommodating one ' s self to his wishes, useful, serviceable, pleasant, agreeable, obliging, neighborly, friendly, polite, affable, gentle, etc.:

mihi commodus uni,

Hor. Ep. 1, 9, 9; cf. id. ib. 2, 1, 227:

quemquamne existimas Catone commodiorem, communiorem, moderatiorem fuisse ad omnem rationem humanitatis?

Cic. Mur. 31, 66:

commodior mitiorque,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 13, § 39:

Apronius, qui aliis inhumanus ac barbarus, isti uni commodus ac disertus,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 9, § 23:

convivae,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 2; cf.:

commodus comissator,

Ter. Ad. 5, 2, 8; and:

commodus meis sodalibus,

Hor. C. 4, 8, 1:

homines,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 28:

mulier commoda, Faceta,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 10; cf. id. And. 5, 2, 3.—In a double sense with I. supra:

ubi tu commoda's, capillum commodum esse credito,

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 98.— Poet., of the measure of iambic verse:

spondeos in jura paterna recepit Commodus et patiens,

sharing the paternal rights with them, in a fraternal manner, Hor. A. P. 257.—Hence,

Subst.: commŏdum, i, n.

A convenient opportunity, favorable condition, convenience (rare, but in good prose):

nostrum exspectare,

Cic. Att. 16, 2, 1:

cum tamdiu sedens meum commodum exspectet,

id. ib. 14, 2, 3;

12, 38, 1: velim aliquando, cum erit tuum commodum, Lentulum puerum visas,

when it shall be convenient for you, id. ib. 12, 28, 3.—More freq.,

In the connection commodo meo, tuo, etc., per commodum, ex commodo, at, or according to my, thy, etc., convenience, conveniently, at one ' s leisure:

etiamsi spatium ad dicendum nostro commodo vacuosque dies habuissemus,

according to our convenience, Cic. Verr. 1, 18, 56:

quod commodo tuo fiat,

id. Fam. 4, 2, 4; 1, 1, 3; id. Att. 13, 48, 1: suo commodo me convenire, Caes. ap. Cic. ib. 14, 1, 2:

ubi consul copias per commodum exponere posset,

Liv. 42, 18, 3:

tamquam lecturus ex commodo,

Sen. Ep. 46, 1; Col. 12, 19, 3;

so opp. festinanter,

id. 6, 2, 14.—

Advantage, profit (very freq. in all periods and species of composition):

commodum est, quod plus usus habet quam molestiae: bonum sincerum debet esse et ab omni parte innoxium,

Sen. Ep. 87, 36 sq.:

ut malis gaudeant atque ex incommodis Alterius sua ut comparent commoda,

Ter. And. 4, 1, 4:

ut ex illius commodo meum compararem commodum,

id. Heaut. 2, 4, 17; cf. id. Hec. 5, 3, 42; Cic. N. D. 1, 9, 23:

cui tam subito tot congruerint commoda,

Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 3:

(honestatem) ipsam suo splendore ad se animos ducere, nullo prorsus commodo extrinsecus posito, Cic. Ac. Fragm. ap. Aug. contr. Ac. 3, 7, 15 (IV. 2, p. 470 Orell.): sequi matris commodum,

Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 31:

pacis,

Cic. de Or. 2, 82, 335:

contra valetudinis commodum laborare,

to the injury of health, id. Mur. 23, 47:

mea,

Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 37:

in publica peccem,

id. ib. 2, 1, 3; cf.:

populi commoda,

Nep. Phoc. 4, 1.—

Specif., a reward, pay, stipend, salary, wages for public service: veteranorum, Brut. et Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 2, 3:

omnibus provincialibus ornamentis commodisque depositis,

emoluments, id. Red. in Sen. 14, 35; Suet. Ner. 32; cf.:

emeritae militiae,

id. Calig. 44; id. Aug. 49; cf. also id. Vit. 15; id. Galb. 12:

militibus commoda dare,

Ov. A. A. 1, 131 sq.:

tribunatus,

Cic. Fam. 7, 8, 1:

missionum,

Suet. Aug. 49.—

A favor, privilege, immunity, Suet. Aug. 31; id. Claud. 19.—

A useful thing, a good:

commoda vitae,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 36, 87; Lucr. 3, 2; cf.:

cetera opinione bona sunt... proprietas in illis boni non est. Itaque commoda vocentur,

Sen. Ep. 74, 17:

inter commoda illas (divitias) numeratis: atqui eādem ratione ne commodum quidem erunt,

id. ib. 87, 29. —

Sometimes commodo or per commodum, adverb. antith. to that which is [p. 382] injurious, without injury or detriment:

ut regem reducas, quod commodo rei publicae facere possis,

Cic. Fam. 1, 1, 3:

si per commodum reipublicae posset, Romam venisset,

Liv. 10, 25, 17.—

Concr., = commodatum, that which is lent, a loan:

qui forum et basilicas commodis hospitum, non furtis nocentium ornarent,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 3, § 6; cf. Isid. Orig. 5, 25, 16.—

Advv.:

commŏdum, adv. temp. (only in colloquial lang. and post-class. prose writers).

At a fit time, just in time, at the very nick, at the very moment, opportunely, seasonably ( = opportune, eukairôs):

ecce autem commodum aperitur foris,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 61:

commodum adveni domum,

id. Am. 2, 2, 37:

orditur loqui,

id. Trin. 5, 2, 12:

ipse exit Lesbonicus,

id. ib. 2, 3, 9: eukairôs ad me venit, cum haberem Dolabellam, Torquatus... commodum egeram diligentissime, Cic. Att. 13, 9, 1; Symm. Ep. 2, 47. —

To designate a point of time that corresponds with another, or that just precedes it, just, just then, just now.

Absol.:

ad te hercle ibam commodum,

Plaut. Cas. 3, 4, 3; Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 9:

Taurus, sectatoribus commodum dimissis, sedebat, etc.,

Gell. 2, 2, 2:

si istac ibis, commodum obviam venies patri,

just meet, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 107. —

With postquam or (more freq.) with cum in a parallel clause:

postquam me misisti ad portum cum luci simul, Commodum radiosus ecce sol superabat ex mari,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 41:

quom huc respicio ad virginem, Illa sese interea commodum huc advorterat,

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 52:

commodum discesseras heri, cum Trebatius venit,

Cic. Att. 13, 9, 1:

emerseram commodum ex Antiati in Appiam, cum in me incurrit Curio,

id. ib. 2, 12, 2 B. and K. (al. commode); so with the pluperf. and a foll. cum, id. ib. 13, 19, 1; 13, 30, 2; 10, 16, 1; App. M. 1, p. 107, 15:

adducitur a Veneriis Lollius commodum cum Apronius e palaestrā redisset,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 25, § 61 B. and K. (Zumpt, commode):

cum jam filiae nostrae dies natalis appeteret, commodum aderant, quae muneri miseratis,

Symm. Ep. 3, 50. —

commŏdŏ, adv. temp., = commodum, a., just in time, seasonably, just at this time (ante-class. and very rare): commodo eccum exit, Titin. ap. Charis. p. 177 P. (i. e. in tempore, Charis.): commodo de parte superiore descendebat, Sisenn. ib.: commodo dictitemus, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Charis. p. 174; cf. id. ib. p. 177.—

commŏdē, adv.

(Acc. to commodus, I.) Duly, properly, completely, rightly, well, skilfully, neatly, etc. (class.):

suo quique loco viden' capillus satis compositu'st commode?

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 97: commode amictus non sum, id. Fragm. ap. Gell. 18, 12, 3:

saltare, Nep. praef. § 1: legere,

Plin. Ep. 5, 19, 3; cf. in comp., id. ib. 9, 34, 1:

multa breviter et commode dicta,

Cic. Lael. 1, 1; cf. id. de Or. 1, 53, 227; id. Rosc. Am. 4, 9; Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 20; 1, 2, 33 al.:

cogitare,

id. Heaut. prol. 14:

audire,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 58, § 134:

valere,

Plin. Ep. 3, 20, 11:

feceris commode mihique gratum, si, etc.,

Cic. Att. 10, 3 fin.:

commode facere, quod, etc.,

id. ib. 11, 7, 7; in comp.:

commodius fecissent tribuni plebis, si, etc.,

id. Agr. 3, 1, 1.—In medic.:

commode facere,

to do well, be beneficial, Cels. 4, 12.—

(Acc. to commodus, II.)

Conveniently, suitably, opportunely, fitly, aptly, appropriately:

magis commode quam strenue navigavi,

Cic. Att. 16, 6, 1:

ille satis scite et commode tempus ad te cepit adeundi,

id. Fam. 11, 16, 1:

vos istic commodissime sperem esse,

id. ib. 14, 7, 2:

explorat, quo commodissime itinere valles transiri possit,

Caes. B. G. 5, 49 fin.:

hoc ego commodius quam tu vivo,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 110; cf.:

consumere vitiatum commodius quam integrum,

id. ib. 2, 2, 91; Quint. 6, 3, 54:

cui commodissime subjungitur,

id. 9, 3, 82; cf. id. 4, 1, 76.—

In a friendly manner, pleasantly, gently, kindly:

acceptae bene et commode eximus,

Plaut. Cas. 5, 1, 1; id. Poen. 1, 2, 190; Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 48.—

(Equiv. to commodum, adv. b.) Just, just at the moment when, etc.; only v.l. in the doubtful passages cited supra, commodum, b. fin.

Commŏdus, i, m., a Roman cognomen; so L. Aelius Aurelius Commodus, Roman emperor, Lampr. Commod. 1 sq.; Eutr. 8, 15 al.—Hence,

Commŏdĭā-nus, a, um, adj., of or pertaining to Commodus: horti, Lampr. Commod. 8:

thermae,

Spart. Nigid. 6 al. —

Commŏ-dĭus, a, um, adj., the same:

Nonae,

Lampr. Commod. 12; cf. id. ib. 11.—

Commŏ-dus, a, um, adj., the same: mensis, i. e. August, which Commodus wished to name after himself, Lampr. Commod. 11.

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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.

lĕpĭdus, a, um, adj. [lepos], pleasant, agreeable, charming, fine, elegant, neat (esp. freq. in Plaut. and Ter.; in Cic. very rare).

In gen.:

fui ego bellus, lepidus,

Plaut. Capt. 5, 2, 3:

nugator,

id. Curc. 4, 1, 1:

virgo,

id. ib. 1, 3, 11:

mortalis,

id. Truc. 5, 1, 57:

o lepidum patrem!

Ter. And. 5, 4, 45:

ego usa sum benigno et lepido et comi,

id. Hec. 5, 3, 39:

lepida es,

id. ib. 5, 1, 26:

forma lepida et liberalis,

Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 41:

mores,

id. Most. 2, 3, 12:

fama,

id. Trin. 2, 2, 98:

facinus lepidum et festivum,

id. Poen. 1, 2, 95:

dies,

id. Aul. 4, 8, 4:

itan' lepidum tibi visum est, scelus nos irridere?

Ter. Eun. 5, 7, 17.— Comp.:

nos invenies alterum Lepidiorem ad omnes res,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 65.— Sup.:

pater lepidissime,

Ter. Ad. 5, 7, 13:

o capitulum lepidissimum,

id. Eun. 3, 3, 25.—

In a bad sense, nice, effeminate:

hi pueri tam lepidi ac delicati,

Cic. Cat. 2, 10, 23.—

In partic., of speech, smart, witty, facetious:

lepida et concinna,

Auct. Her. 4, 23, 32:

scimus inurbanum lepido seponere dicto,

Hor. A. P. 273:

versus,

Cat. 6, 17.—Hence, adv.: lĕpĭdē, pleasantly, agreeably, charmingly, finely, prettily.

In gen.:

lepide ornata,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 84:

stratus lectus,

id. ib. 3, 3, 84:

hoc effectum lepide tibi tradam,

id. Curc. 3, 15:

lepide ludificatus,

id. Cas. 3, 2, 27:

intellexisti,

id. Truc. 3, 2, 13:

lepide prospereque evenire,

id. Ps. 2, 1, 1:

ubi lepide voles esse tibi, mea rosa, mihi dicito,

when you want to enjoy yourself, id. Bacch. 1, 1, 50.—

In partic.

As an affirmative response, yes, very well:

lepide licet,

Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 1.—

As a term of applause, splendidly, excellently:

euge, euge, lepide,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 85:

facete, laute, lepide: nihil supra,

Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 37.— Comp.:

nimis lepide fabulare: eo potuerit lepidius pol fieri,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 5, 52.— Sup.:

lepidissime et comissime,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 66.—

Of speech, smartly, wittily, humorously:

in quo lepide in soceri mei persona lusit is, qui elegantissime id facere potuit, Lucilius: Quam lepide lexeis compostae, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 3, 43, 171; cf. id. Or. 44, 149:

in libris multa posuit lepide atque argute reperta,

Gell. 13, 10, 3.

Lĕpĭdus, i, m., a surname in the gens Aemilia; e. g. M. Aemilius Lepidus, consul 675 A. U. C., an enemy of Sylla, Cic. Cat. 3, 10, 24; id. Verr. 2, 3, 91, § 212.—Another M. Aemilius Lepidus, triumvir with Antony and Octavius, Cic. Mil. 5, 13; id. Phil. 5, 14, 39; v. his letters to Cicero ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 34 sq.—Hence,

Lĕpĭdā-nus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Lepidus, Lepidan:

bellum,

Sall. H. Fragm. 3, 63 Dietsch.—

Lĕpĭdĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Lepidus, Lepidian:

tumultus,

which broke out a year after Sylla's death, in the consulate of M. Æmilius Lepidus, Macr. S. 1, 32.

lĕpĭdus, a, um, adj. [lepos], pleasant, agreeable, charming, fine, elegant, neat (esp. freq. in Plaut. and Ter.; in Cic. very rare).

In gen.:

fui ego bellus, lepidus,

Plaut. Capt. 5, 2, 3:

nugator,

id. Curc. 4, 1, 1:

virgo,

id. ib. 1, 3, 11:

mortalis,

id. Truc. 5, 1, 57:

o lepidum patrem!

Ter. And. 5, 4, 45:

ego usa sum benigno et lepido et comi,

id. Hec. 5, 3, 39:

lepida es,

id. ib. 5, 1, 26:

forma lepida et liberalis,

Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 41:

mores,

id. Most. 2, 3, 12:

fama,

id. Trin. 2, 2, 98:

facinus lepidum et festivum,

id. Poen. 1, 2, 95:

dies,

id. Aul. 4, 8, 4:

itan' lepidum tibi visum est, scelus nos irridere?

Ter. Eun. 5, 7, 17.— Comp.:

nos invenies alterum Lepidiorem ad omnes res,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 65.— Sup.:

pater lepidissime,

Ter. Ad. 5, 7, 13:

o capitulum lepidissimum,

id. Eun. 3, 3, 25.—

In a bad sense, nice, effeminate:

hi pueri tam lepidi ac delicati,

Cic. Cat. 2, 10, 23.—

In partic., of speech, smart, witty, facetious:

lepida et concinna,

Auct. Her. 4, 23, 32:

scimus inurbanum lepido seponere dicto,

Hor. A. P. 273:

versus,

Cat. 6, 17.—Hence, adv.: lĕpĭdē, pleasantly, agreeably, charmingly, finely, prettily.

In gen.:

lepide ornata,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 84:

stratus lectus,

id. ib. 3, 3, 84:

hoc effectum lepide tibi tradam,

id. Curc. 3, 15:

lepide ludificatus,

id. Cas. 3, 2, 27:

intellexisti,

id. Truc. 3, 2, 13:

lepide prospereque evenire,

id. Ps. 2, 1, 1:

ubi lepide voles esse tibi, mea rosa, mihi dicito,

when you want to enjoy yourself, id. Bacch. 1, 1, 50.—

In partic.

As an affirmative response, yes, very well:

lepide licet,

Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 1.—

As a term of applause, splendidly, excellently:

euge, euge, lepide,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 85:

facete, laute, lepide: nihil supra,

Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 37.— Comp.:

nimis lepide fabulare: eo potuerit lepidius pol fieri,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 5, 52.— Sup.:

lepidissime et comissime,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 66.—

Of speech, smartly, wittily, humorously:

in quo lepide in soceri mei persona lusit is, qui elegantissime id facere potuit, Lucilius: Quam lepide lexeis compostae, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 3, 43, 171; cf. id. Or. 44, 149:

in libris multa posuit lepide atque argute reperta,

Gell. 13, 10, 3.

Lĕpĭdus, i, m., a surname in the gens Aemilia; e. g. M. Aemilius Lepidus, consul 675 A. U. C., an enemy of Sylla, Cic. Cat. 3, 10, 24; id. Verr. 2, 3, 91, § 212.—Another M. Aemilius Lepidus, triumvir with Antony and Octavius, Cic. Mil. 5, 13; id. Phil. 5, 14, 39; v. his letters to Cicero ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 34 sq.—Hence,

Lĕpĭdā-nus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Lepidus, Lepidan:

bellum,

Sall. H. Fragm. 3, 63 Dietsch.—

Lĕpĭdĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Lepidus, Lepidian:

tumultus,

which broke out a year after Sylla's death, in the consulate of M. Æmilius Lepidus, Macr. S. 1, 32.

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.).

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.—

Poet. constr.

With gen.:

precum,

Stat. Achill. 2, 237.—

With acc.:

genas vocemque,

Stat. Th. 9, 155.—

With inf.:

blandum et auritas fidibus canoris Ducere quercus,

Hor. C. 1, 12, 11; Stat. Th. 5, 456. —

With abl.:

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

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 135.—

Trop. (mostly of things).

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.—

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.—

Persuading by caressing, persuasive:

nunc experiemur, nostrum uter sit blandior,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 56. —Hence, adv., in three forms, soothingly, flatteringly, courteously, etc.

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.—

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.—

blandum = blande:

ridere,

Petr. 127, 1.

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.).

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.—

Poet. constr.

With gen.:

precum,

Stat. Achill. 2, 237.—

With acc.:

genas vocemque,

Stat. Th. 9, 155.—

With inf.:

blandum et auritas fidibus canoris Ducere quercus,

Hor. C. 1, 12, 11; Stat. Th. 5, 456. —

With abl.:

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

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 135.—

Trop. (mostly of things).

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.—

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.—

Persuading by caressing, persuasive:

nunc experiemur, nostrum uter sit blandior,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 56. —Hence, adv., in three forms, soothingly, flatteringly, courteously, etc.

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.—

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.—

blandum = blande:

ridere,

Petr. 127, 1.

concĭlĭo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [concilium].

To bring together several objects into one whole, to unite, connect (class. in prose and poetry, not in Hor.).

Prop. (thus several times in Lucr. of the union of atoms):

primordia Non ex illarum conventu conciliata,

not formed by the union of separate parts, Lucr. 1, 612; 2, 901:

dispersa,

id. 6, 890:

omnia in alto,

id. 5, 466; cf. also id. 1, 1042; 2, 552.—Of physical union of other kinds:

traduces bini inter se obvii miscentur alliganturque unā conciliati,

Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 211;

of medic. mixtures: gramen hyoscyami cerae,

to mix, Ser. Samm. 40, 754.—

Of the fulling of cloth:

vestimentum,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 43 Müll.—

Trop.

To unite in thought or feeling, to make friendly, to procure the favor of, to make inclined to, to gain, win over; constr. aliquos inter se, aliquem alicui or absol. (in this sense very freq.).

Aliquos inter se:

quin res publica nos inter nos conciliatura conjuncturaque sit,

Cic. Fam. 5, 7, 2; so,

conciliare et conjungere homines inter se,

id. Off. 1, 16, 50:

feras inter sese,

id. Rosc. Am. 22, 63.—

Aliquem ( aliquid) alicui:

conciliare sibi, avertere ab adversario judicem,

Quint. 6, 1, 11:

quas (legiones) sibi conciliare pecuniā cogitabat,

Cic. Fam. 12, 23, 2:

Pammenem sibi similitudine fortunae,

Tac. A. 16, 14:

homines sibi,

Nep. Ages. 2 fin.; id. Them. 10, 1:

simulatque natum sit animal, ipsum sibi conciliari et commendari ad se conservandum,

Cic. Fin. 3, 5, 16:

eam civitatem Arvernis,

Caes. B. G. 7, 7; cf.:

reliquas civitates amicitia Caesari,

id. B. C. 3, 55 fin.:

per quam (causam) cum universo ordini tum primoribus se patrum concilient,

Liv. 4, 48, 9:

arma sibi,

Verg. A. 10, 151:

deos homini,

Ov. F. 1, 337:

audientem exordio,

Quint. 8, prooem. 11:

judicem probationibus nostris,

id. 4, 3, 9:

Maurorum animos Vitellio,

Tac. H. 2, 58; cf.:

quas res quosque homines quibus rebus aut quibus hominibus vel conciliasset vel alienasset ipsa natura,

Quint. 5, 10, 17: omne animal primum constitutioni suae conciliari, i. e. governs itself in accordance with, etc., Sen. Ep. 124, 14; cf. id. ib. §

15 sqq.: primum sibi ipsum conciliatur animal,

id. ib. §

17: frui iis rebus, quas primas homini natura conciliet,

Cic. Ac. 2, 42, 131; cf. conciliatio, I. B. 2.—Without dat.:

conciliabat ceteros reges,

Nep. Hann. 10, 2; so,

accusatorem,

Quint. 6, 1, 12:

conciliare, docere, movere judicem,

id. 11, 1, 61; cf. id. 2, 5, 7; 3, 9, 7:

plures,

Tac. A. 15, 51:

animos hominum,

Cic. Off. 2, 5, 17; cf. id. de Or. 3, 53, 204:

animum judicis,

Quint. 4, 1, 25; cf.:

animos judicum (opp. alienare),

id. 11, 1, 8:

animos plebis,

Liv. 1, 35, 2:

animos militum pollicitationibus,

Suet. Oth. 6; cf. Tac. H. 1, 18, —

( Aliquem) ad aliquid: Labienum praefecit togatae, quo majore commendatione conciliaretur ad consulatūs petitionem, Auct. B. G. 8, 52.—

Absol.:

nihil est ad conciliandum gratius verecundiā,

Quint. 11, 3, 161:

conciliare, narrare,

id. 3, 4, 15.—

= commendo, to represent something to one as agreeable, pleasant, etc., i. e. to recommend:

et dictis artes conciliasse suas,

Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 42.—

With acc. and dat. (aliquid alicui) or absol., to procure, provide, prepare, produce something for one.

With physical objects.

Of the procuring of a maiden, an object of love, in an honorable and (more freq.) in a dishonorable sense, to unite, procure, couple (cf. Lucr. 5, 961):

tute ad eum adeas, tute concilies, tute poscas,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 111:

num me nupsisti conciliante seni?

Ov. Am. 1, 13, 42:

conciliata viro,

Cat. 68, 130:

existimabatur Servilia etiam filiam suam Tertiam Caesari conciliare,

to give as a mistress, Suet. Caes. 50:

cum ei dignatio Juliā genitam Atiam conciliasset uxorem,

Vell. 2, 59, 2.—Once with ad:

a tuā me uxore dicam delatum, ut sese ad eum conciliarem,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 206.—

To procure, obtain by purchase or otherwise, to purchase, acquire, win, gain:

illum mihi,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 5, 25; cf.:

male habiti et male conciliati,

i. e. at a bad bargain, id. Ps. 1, 2, 1:

prodi, male conciliate,

Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 2: Mi. Estne empta mihi haec? Pe. His legibus habeas licet, Conciliavisti pulcre, Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 39 sq.:

ut tibi recte conciliandi primo facerem copiam,

a chance for a good bargain, id. Pers. 4, 3, 69:

si ullo pacto ille (filius) huc conciliari potest,

can be brought here, Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 22 (cf. id. ib. prol. 33):

HS. viciens ex hoc uno genere,

to extort, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 58, § 142; cf.

pecunias,

id. ib. 2, 2, 55, § 137; 2, 3, 30, § 71; 2, 3, 84, § 194;

and, in a more gen. sense: summum bonum esse frui rebus iis, quas primas natura conciliavisset,

id. Ac. 2, 42, 131.—

With abstr. objects, to cause, bring about, procure, acquire, make, produce, etc.:

affinitatem et gratiam,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 42; cf.

gratiam,

Suet. Calig. 3:

pacem inter cives,

Cic. Fam. 10, 27, 1; cf. Ter. Heaut. 5, 5, 2:

amorem sibi,

Cic. Arch. 8, 17; cf. id. de Or. 2, 51, 206:

favorem ad vulgum,

Liv. 29, 22, 8; cf.:

favorem populi,

Suet. Caes. 11:

amicitiam cum aliquo,

Cic. Deiot. 14, 39:

gloriam,

id. Mur. 20, 41:

laudem,

Quint. 2, 7, 4:

dignitatem auctoribus suis,

Tac. Or. 9:

famam clementiae,

Liv. 21, 60, 4:

majestatem nomini Romano,

id. 29, 11, 4:

odium,

Quint. 5, 13, 38; 6, 2, 16:

risus,

to cause, id. 6, 3, 35:

otium,

Nep. Timol. 3, 2:

otii nomine servitutem,

id. Epam. 5, 3:

nuptias,

to bring about, id. Att. 5, 3; Just. 7, 6, 10; cf.:

jugales toros,

Stat. S. 3, 5, 70.—Hence, concĭlĭātus, a, um, P. a. (in acc. with I. B.), friendly; in partic. in a pass. sense.

Beloved:

(Hasdrubal) flore aetatis primo Hamilcari conciliatus,

Liv. 21, 2, 3:

juvenis aetatis flore conciliatus sibi,

Curt. 7, 9, 19; cf. Suet. Vit. Ter. 1; id. Vit. 7.—In sup.:

est nobis conciliatissimus,

Symm. Ep. 9, 37.—

In an act. sense, favorably inclined, devoted, favorable to something; comp.:

ut judex ad rem accipiendam fiat conciliatior,

Quint. 4, 2, 24:

(homo) voluptati a naturā conciliatus, a dolore autem abjunctus alienatusque est,

Gell. 12, 5, 18.— Adv. not in use.

grātus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. har-jami, love, desire; Gr. chairô, charma, charis].

Pass., beloved, dear, acceptable, pleasing, agreeable (syn.: acceptus, jucundus, optatus, dulcis, blandus, suavis; in this signif. in ante-Aug. prose, viz. in Cic. and Cæs., only of things; gratiosus, mostly of persons).

Of things:

non ille (amor tuus) quidem mihi ignotus, sed tamen gratus et optatus: dicerem jucundus, nisi id verbum in omne tempus perdidissem,

Cic. Fam. 5, 15, 1; cf.:

illud tamen dicam, mihi id, quod fecisti, esse gratissimum. Tale enim tuum judicium non potest mihi non summe esse jucundum. Quod cum ita sit, esse gratum necesse est,

id. ib. 13, 8, 2:

ista veritas, etiam si jucunda non est, mihi tamen grata est,

id. Att. 3, 24, 2; cf. also: cujus officia jucundiora licet saepe mihi fuerint, numquam tamen gratiora, id. Fam. 4, 6, 1:

quae omnia mihi jucunda, hoc extremum etiam gratum fuit,

id. ib. 10, 3, 1;

so corresp. or connected with jucundus,

id. ib. 1, 17, 6; id. Rosc. Am. 18, 51; id. Cat. 4, 1, 1; Plin. 26, 3, 8, § 14; Plin. Ep. 5, 3, 1; 8, 23, 5:

quid est, quod aut populo Romano gratius esse debeat aut sociis exterisque nationibus optatius esse possit,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 3, 7; so with optatus cf. above, the passage Cic. Fam. 5, 15, 1: quod approbaris, id gratum acceptumque habendum. id. Tusc. 5, 15, 45; cf.:

mihi pol grata acceptaque hujus est benignitas,

Plaut. Stich. 1, 1, 49; Cat. 96, 1:

munus eorum gratum acceptumque esse,

Nep. Hann. 7;

rarely in the contrary order: quorum mihi Dona accepta et grata habeo, tuaque ingrata,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 56: Tox. Credidi gratum fore Beneficium meum apud te. Do. Immo equidem gratiam tibi habeo, id. Pers. 4, 7, 8; cf.:

grata tibi esse mea officia non miror: cognovi enim te gratissimum omnium, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 5, 11, 1:

quam multi, ut Galli, ut Poeni homines immolare et pium et diis immortalibus gratissimum esse duxerunt!

Cic. Rep. 3, 9; cf. Caes. B. G. 6, 16, 5; Cic. ap. Non. 398, 28 (Rep. 6, 2 Mos.); cf. in comp.:

sedere in his scholis gratius erat quam ire per solitudines, etc.,

Plin. 26, 2, 6, § 11; cf.

also: hedera est gratissima Baccho,

Ov. F. 3, 767:

dapibus supremi Grata testudo Jovis,

Hor. C. 1, 32, 14:

eoque erat cujusque gratior in re publica virtus, quod, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 2, 34 fin.; 2, 35:

o diva, gratum quae regis Antium,

Hor. C. 1, 35, 1; cf.:

grato sub antro,

id. ib. 1, 5, 3:

locus,

id. Ep. 2, 2, 46:

tempus,

id. ib. 2, 2, 198:

hora,

id. ib. 1, 4, 14:

dies,

id. C. 4, 5, 7:

lux,

id. S. 1, 5, 39:

nox,

id. Carm. Sec. 23:

carmina,

id. C. 1, 15, 14; 3, 11, 23:

artes,

id. ib. 4, 13, 22:

error mentis,

id. Ep. 2, 2, 140:

protervitas,

id. C. 1, 19, 7 et saep.:

feceris, si de re publica quid sentias explicaris, nobis gratum omnibus,

will do us all a favor, Cic. Rep. 1, 21 fin.; cf.:

quamobrem utrique nostrum gratum admodum feceris,

id. Lael. 4, 16:

quod si eum interfecerit, multis sese nobilibus gratum esse facturum,

Caes. B. G. 1, 44, 20:

quapropter gratissimum mihi feceris, si curaris, ut, etc.... Hoc mihi gratius facere nihil potes,

a very great favor... no greater favor, Cic. Fam. 13, 44:

is adulescens ita locatus est, ut, quae rebus grata erant, gratiora verbis faceret,

Liv. 45, 13, 13:

gratum elocuta consiliantibus Junone divis,

something pleasant, Hor. C. 3, 3, 17.—

Of living beings.

With dat.:

Herophile Phoebo grata,

Tib. 2, 5, 68; cf.:

vates diis gratissima,

Ov. F. 1, 585; and:

superis deorum gratus (Mercurius) et imis,

Hor. C. 1, 10, 20:

donec gratus eram tibi,

id. ib. 3, 9, 1; cf. Prop. 1, 2, 31:

gratus Alexandro regi Magno fuit ille Choerilus,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 232; Suet. Caes. 27:

cui (Maecenati) cum se gratum et acceptum in modum amici videret,

id. Gramm. 21:

filio ejus Fausto gratissimus fuit,

id. ib. 12:

(cervus) gratus erat tibi,

Ov. M. 10, 121.—

Absol.:

olim gratus eram,

Prop. 1, 12, 7; Hor. C. 4, 6, 21:

conviva,

id. S. 2, 2, 119:

comitum gratissime,

Ov. M. 14, 221; cf.:

juvenum gratissime Crantor,

id. ib. 12, 367:

o mihi de fratris longe gratissime natis,

id. ib. 12, 586:

quaestor consulibus suis non minus jucundus et gratus quam usui fuit,

Plin. Ep. 8, 23, 5.—Hence, subst.: grātus, i, m., a favorite, darling:

quam (classem) non amicorum sed gratorum appellabat,

Suet. Tib. 46 fin.

Act., thankful, grateful; thankworthy, deserving or procuring thanks (beneficii memor):

cognovi te gratissimum omnium: nec enim tu mihi habuisti modo gratiam, verum etiam cumulatissime retulisti,

Cic. Fam. 5, 11, 1; cf. id. Leg. 1, 18, 49:

quamquam gratiarum actionem a te non desiderabam, cum te re ipsa atque animo scirem esse gratissimum, tamen, etc.,

id. Fam. 10, 19, 1:

si bene de me meritis gratum me praebeo, etc.,

id. Planc. 38, 91 (v. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 508); cf.:

ut grati ac memores beneficii esse videantur,

id. Agr. 2, 8, 21:

Hegesaratus, magnis meis beneficiis ornatus in consulatu suo, memor et gratus fuit,

id. Fam. 13, 25; cf. also id. Att. 9, 11, A, 3:

tu quam gratus erga me fueris, ipse existimare potes,

id. Fam. 5, 5, 2; cf.: ut quam gratissimus erga te esse cognoscerer, id. ib. 1, 5, 1; Quint. 11, 2, 12: gratiorem me esse in te, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 10, 1:

si quod adest gratum juvat,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 13; id. C. 1, 12, 39:

laudo vos, Quirites, cum gratissimis animis prosequimini nomen clarissimi adolescentis,

Cic. Phil. 4, 1, 3; cf. id. ib. 14, 11, 30, and 10, 3, 7:

tu, quamcumque deus tibi fortunaverit horam, gratā sume manu,

Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 23:

quod tamen nunc faciam: tum, cum gratum mihi esse potuit, nolui,

i. e. might have procured me thanks, Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 21:

est istuc datum Profecto, ut grata mihi sint, quae facio, omnia,

id. Eun. 3, 1, 6 Ruhnk.; cf.:

didicisse, quam sit re pulchrum, beneficio gratum, fama gloriosum, tyrannum occidere,

productive of gratitude, Cic. Phil. 2, 46, 117:

pro quibus beneficiis vix satis gratus videar,

Sall. H. 2, 41, 5 Dietsch.— Hence, adv.: grātē.

(Acc. to I. = jucunde.) With pleasure, agreeably, willingly (rare in the class. period):

praeterita grate meminit et, etc.,

Cic. Fin. 1, 19, 62:

liberti pupillorum grate facient, si, etc.,

Dig. 26, 10, 3:

insignis haec munificentia... nec a debitoribus magis quam a creditoribus gratius excepta,

Just. 12, 11, 2:

gratissime provocari,

Macr. S. 7, 2.—

(Acc. to II.) Thankfully, gratefully (class.):

aliquid et grate et pie facere,

Cic. Planc. 41, 98; cf.:

quid pie, quid grate, quid humaniter, aut fecerit aut tulerit,

id. de Or. 2, 11, 46; Suet. Aug. 66:

natales grate numeras,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 210:

beneficium qui dat, vult accipi grate,

Sen. Ben. 2, 31:

aliquid recipere,

Suet. Ner. 22; and in sup.:

id munus inter censoria opera gratissime acceptum est,

Plin. 7, 60, 60, § 214.