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..."- L
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..." - L
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..." - M
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..."