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|lshtext=<b>lēnĭtas</b>: ātis, f. 1. [[lenis]],<br /><b>I</b> [[softness]], [[smoothness]], [[gentleness]], [[mildness]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: vini, opp. [[asperitas]], Plin. 14, 19, 24, § 120: lini, id. 13, 12, 26, § 82: [[Arar]] in Rhodanum influit incredibili lenitate, [[slowness]], Caes. B. G. 1, 12: vocis, [[mildness]], Cic. de Or. 2, 43, 182: smaragdi [[viridis]] [[lenitas]], [[delicate]] [[green]], Plin. 37, 5, 16, § 63.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen., [[mildness]], [[gentleness]], [[tenderness]], [[lenity]]: non est jam lenitati [[locus]], severitatem res ipsa flagitat, Cic. Cat. 2, 4, 6: [[dare]] se ad lenitatem, id. Fam. 13, 1, 4: animi, [[with]] [[mollitia]], id. Sull. 6, 18: animadvertendi, id. Part. Or. 22, 78: legum, id. Rab. Perd. 3, 10: [[remissa]] [[nimis]] lenitate uti, Gell. 11, 18, 6.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic., of [[speech]]: elaborant alii in lenitate et aequabilitate, et [[puro]] [[quasi]] quodam et [[candido]] genere dicendi, Cic. Or. 16, 53: [[lenitas]] ejus [[sine]] nervis perspici potest, id. Brut. 48, 177: [[genus]] orationis cum lenitate quadam aequabili [[profluens]], id. de Or. 2, 15, 64.
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|gf=<b>lēnĭtās</b>,¹⁰ ātis, f. ([[lenis]]),<br /><b>1</b> douceur : Cæs. G. 1, 12, 1 ; Cic. de Or. 2, 182 ; Plin. 14, 120<br /><b>2</b> [fig.] : Cic. Cat. 2, 6 ; Fam. 13, 1, 4 ; [[Sulla]] 18 || [en parl. du style] Cic. Or. 53 ; Br. 177 ; de Or. 2, 64.
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