lenitis
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;
abl. pl. perf. pass. part.dat. pl. perf. pass. part.pl. pres. act. 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);
abl. pl. perf. pass. part.dat. pl. perf. pass. part.pl. pres. act. ind. 2nd
Examples
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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..."Liber XXVIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...placido sermone permulcentibus notos cum quibus congressi erant, leniti sunt. circumeuntes enim tentoria primo, deinde in principiis praetorioque..."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..."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..."
