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..."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..."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..."