leniat
Dictionary entries
- Entry →lenio, lenire, lenivi, lenitus:
Verb · 4th conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
mitigate, moderate; alleviate, allay, assuage, ease, calm, placate, appease;; mollify; explain away, gloss over; beguile, pass pleasantly; abate;
sg. pres. act. subj. 3rd - Entry →lenio, lenire, lenivi(ii), lenitus:
Verb · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Whitaker
mitigate, moderate; alleviate, allay, assuage, ease, calm, placate, appease;; mollify; explain away, gloss over; beguile, pass pleasantly; abate; (Kludge);
sg. pres. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
Liber XI
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...lingua, dum lingis. Certe, Zoile, nunc futuis. LXXXVI Leniat ut fauces medicus, quas aspera vexat assidue tussis, Parthenopaee..."de Vita Beata
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...omnis uias influat animumque blandimentis suis leniat aliaque ex aliis admoueat quibus totos partesque nostri sollicitet, quis mortalium..."de Tranquillitate Animi
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...conscientiam minus quam tuam timeas, quorum sermo sollicitudinem leniat, sententia consilium expediat, hilaritas tristitiam dissipet, conspectus ipse delectet..."Liber Primus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...afferat et eos quasi concordia quadam placet ac leniat. temperantia est enim, quae in rebus aut expetendis..."Metamorphoses VIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...tamen melior germana parente et consanguineas ut sanguine leniat umbras, inpietate pia est. nam postquam pestifer ignis convaluit..."Dialogus de Oratoribus
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from Minor Works
"...profluunt, ut facilius iram iudicis vel instiget vel leniat, qui scit quid ira, promptius ad miserationem impellat..."