blanditus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →blanditus, blandita, blanditum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
pleasant, agreeable, charming;
nom. sg. (m.) - 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;
nom. sg. perf. pass. part. - 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;
nom. sg. perf. part.
Examples
Liber I
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...iturus aquas. 10 Qui pinxit Venerem tuam, Lycori, blanditus, puto, pictor est Mineruae. 'Si dederint superi decies mihi..."- L
Liber V
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...commodo adaperui ac tantum degustare volui; deinde blanditus est ipse ut procederem longius. Qui quam disertus fuerit..." - P
Metamorphoses XIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...spes oravit alumnae, et modo de multis blanditus cuique ministris sollicita petiit propensum voce favorem; saepe ferenda dedit..."