delenires
Dictionary entries
- Entry →delenio, delenire, delenivi, delenitus:
Verb · 4th conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
mitigate, mollify, smooth down, soothe; soften, cajole; bewitch, charm, entice;
sg. imperf. act. subj. 2nd
Examples
Asinaria
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...datumst? LIB. Sticho vicario ipsi tuo. LEON. Vah, delenire apparas, scio mihi vicarium esse, neque eo esse servom..."Liber I
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...ipse ditari, exhaustus magnificentia publicorum operum, tum praeda delenire popularium animos studebat, praeter aliam superbiam regno infestos etiam..."