leniebat
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. imperf. act. ind. 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. imperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
- A
Liber X
Aulus Gellius
"...illius acerba imploratio et vox miserabilis non leniebat, ne civium quidem Romanorum, qui tum aderant, fletu gemituque maximo..." - C
Dion
Cornelius Nepos
"...obeundo, fideliter administrando crudelissimum nomen tyranni sua humanitate leniebat. Hunc a Dionysio missum Carthaginienses suspexerunt, ut neminem umquam..."