blandiantur
Dictionary entries
- Entry →blandio, blandire, blandivi, blanditus:
Verb · 4th conjugation · Intransitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
flatter, delude; fawn; coax, urge, behave/speak ingratiatingly; allure; please;
pl. pres. pass. subj. 3rd - Entry →blandior, blandiri, blanditus sum:
Verb · 4th conjugation · Deponent
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
flatter, delude; fawn; coax, urge, behave/speak ingratiatingly; allure; please;
pl. pres. subj. 3rd
Examples
ad Marciam
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE CONSOLATIONE
"...magni uulneris cicatricem. Alii itaque molliter agant et blandiantur, ego confligere cum tuo maerore constitui et defessos exhaustosque..."Liber X
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...redeamus, ne nobis scripta nostra tamquam recentes fetus blandiantur. III. Sed neque hoc contingere semper potest, praesertim oratori..."Liber I
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...nisi tamen auribus nostris bibliopolae blandiuntur. Sed sane blandiantur, dum per hoc mendacium nobis studia nostra commendent. Vale..."