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
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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..." - L
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..." - L
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..." - L
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..." - L
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..." - L
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..." - L
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..." - T
Rudens
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...quae mihi si foret salva saltem, labor lenior esset hic mi eius opera. nunc quam spem aut opem..."
