leniti
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;
gen. sg. perf. pass. part.gen. sg. perf. pass. part.nom. pl. perf. pass. part.voc. pl. perf. pass. part. - 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);
gen. sg. perf. pass. part.gen. sg. perf. pass. part.nom. pl. perf. pass. part.voc. pl. perf. pass. part.
Examples
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XVII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...fronte protegitis, cunctosque praerigidae mentis adfectus vocabulo molliore lenitis. nos nec felices facinus istud possumus concipere nec miseri..." - T
Liber XXVIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...placido sermone permulcentibus notos cum quibus congressi erant, leniti sunt. circumeuntes enim tentoria primo, deinde in principiis praetorioque..." - P
Liber VI
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...quamquam plebis ira ac plerisque per priora supplicia lenitis. igitur portantur in carcerem, filius imminentium intellegens, puella adeo..." - P
Liber IV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...Civilem et Veledam, apud quos pacta sancientur.' sic lenitis Tencteris legati ad Civilem ac Veledam missi cum donis..."