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
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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..." - M
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..." - G
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..."