blandiris
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;
sg. futperf. act. ind. 2ndsg. perf. act. subj. 2nd - 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;
sg. pres. pass. ind. 2nd - 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;
sg. pres. ind. 2nd - —
Syncopated perfect often drops the 'v' and contracts vowel
Examples
Bacchides
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...igitur mi inani atque inopi subblandibitur tum quom blandiri nihilo pluris referet, quam si ad sepulcrum mortuo narres..."Liber XI
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...populo quaeris habere locum. Mentiris vanoque tibi blandiris honore. Non est paupertas, Nestor, habere nihil. XXXIII Saepius..."Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE IRA
"...irae paratioris, cui non magis tutum erat blandiri quam male dicere. 6. Caelium oratorem fuisse iracundissimum constat..."XV
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...ille fastum opibus exorat, tu lacrimis rogas, pallore blandiris, et, quod ad pessimum spectat eventum, miserabilis sis oportet..."X
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...dedisses tam magnum experimentum! irascimur tibi, et blandiri necesse est: dum cludis umbram, intelleximus solum te esse..."I
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...merito perdiderit. Quid aliud caecitas discit quam rogare, blandiri? Odium omne adiuvant oculi, et hunc in pectoribus humanis..."