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Dictionary- Charlton T. Lewis: An Elementary Latin Dictionary
- Cooper: Thesaurus Linguae Romanae et Brittanicae
- Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
- blandus, a, um, adj. [for mlandus; akin to mei/lixos, mollis, mulier; Goth. milds; Engl. mild], of a smooth tongue, flattering, fawning, caressing (class and very freq.). I. 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.—b. Poet. constr. (a). With gen.: precum
, Stat. Achill. 2, 237.—(b). With acc.: genas vocemque
, Stat. Th. 9, 155.—(g). With inf.: blandum et auritas fidibus canoris Ducere quercus
, Hor. C. 1, 12, 11; Stat. Th. 5, 456. —(d). With abl.: chorus implorat..doctā prece blandus ( = blande supplicans dis carmine quod poëta eum docuit. Orell. ad loc.)
, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 135.—II. Trop. (mostly of things). A. 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.— 2. 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.—B. Persuading by caressing, persuasive: nunc experiemur, nostrum uter sit blandior
, Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 56. —Hence, adv., in three forms, soothingly, flatteringly, courteously, etc. a. 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.— b. 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.— c. blandum = blande: ridere
, Petr. 127, 1.
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