lenior
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. pass. ind. 1st - Entry →lenis, lene, lenior -or -us, lenissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
gentle, kind, light; smooth, mild, easy, calm;
nom. sg. (m./f.)voc. sg. (m./f.) - 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. pass. ind. 1st
Examples
Liber VI
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...possit ibi flatus manifesta docet res, hic, ubi lenior est, in terra cum tamen alta arbusta evolvens radicibus..."Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...innatant, non eunt sed feruntur; ex quibus alia lenior unda detinuit ac mollius vexit, alia vehementior rapuit, alia..."Liber I
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...color ex igneo lumine, alius ex obtunso et leniore. [3,14] In aliis rebus uaga inquisitio..."ad Marciam
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE CONSOLATIONE
"...Cupissem itaque primis temporibus ad istam curationem accedere; leniore medicina fuisset oriens adhuc restringenda uis: uehementius contra inueterata..."Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE IRA
"...contrarium omnia eius indicia flectamus: uultus remittatur, uox lenior sit, gradus lentior; paulatim cum exterioribus interiora formantur..."de Providentia
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...uirtute sustinere quam infinitis atque inmodicis bonis rumpi? lenior ieiunio mors est, cruditate dissiliunt. 11. Hanc itaque rationem..."Hercules [Oetaeus]
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...sublimis agit fortuna metus! Bruttia Coro pulsante fretum lenior unda est. pectora pauper secura gerit: carpit faciles uilesque..."Rudens
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...quae mihi si foret salva saltem, labor lenior esset hic mi eius opera. nunc quam spem aut opem..."