leniris
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. futperf. act. ind. 2ndsg. perf. act. subj. 2nd - 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. 2nd - 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. futperf. act. ind. 2ndsg. perf. act. subj. 2nd - 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. 2nd - —
Syncopated perfect often drops the 'v' and contracts vowel
Examples
- C
Eumenes
Cornelius Nepos
"...erat incensus, ut nisi magna spe maximarum rerum leniri non posset. Itaque cum eum in custodiam dedisset..." - L
Liber I
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE IRA
"...Nouate, ut scriberem quemadmodum posset ira leniri, nec inmerito mihi uideris hunc praecipue adfectum pertimuisse maxime ex omnibus..." - L
Phaedra
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...flammis modus? Nvtrix Spes nulla tantum posse leniri malum, finisque flammis nullus insanis erit. torretur aestu tacito..." - G
BELLUM CATILINAE
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...Ciceronis invidiam, quae postea orta est, leniri credebant atrocitate sceleris eorum, qui poenas dederant. Nobis..." - P
Liber XIII
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...validissimum quemque obstrinxisset. At matris ira nulla munificentia leniri, sed amplecti Octaviam, crebra cum amicis secreta habere, super..."
