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|lshtext=<b>blandus</b>: a, um, adj. for mlandus; [[akin]] to [[μείλιχος]] | |lshtext=<b>blandus</b>: a, um, adj. for mlandus; [[akin]] to [[μείλιχος]], [[mollis]], [[mulier]]; Goth. milds; Engl. [[mild]],<br /><b>I</b> of a [[smooth]] [[tongue]], flattering, [[fawning]], [[caressing]] ([[class]] and [[very]] freq.).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: blanda es [[parum]], Plaut. Cas. 3, 3, 21: nemini [[credo]] qui [[large]] blandu'st [[dives]] pauperi, id. Aul. 2, 2, 19: ut [[unus]] omnium [[homo]] te vivat [[numquam]] [[quisquam]] [[blandior]], Ter. Hec. 5, 4, 21: scis me [[minime]] esse blandum, Cic. Att. 12, 5, 4: unum te [[puto]] [[minus]] blandum esse [[quam]] me, id. ib. 12, 3, 1: blandum amicum a [[vero]] secernere, id. Lael. 25, 95: ([[Alcibiades]]) [[affabilis]], [[blandus]], temporibus callidissime inserviens, Nep. Alcib. 1, 3: an blandiores (mulieres) in [[publico]] [[quam]] in [[privato]] et alienis [[quam]] vestris estis? Liv. 34, 2, 10: tum [[neque]] subjectus [[solito]] nec [[blandior]] esto, Ov. A. A. 2, 411: [[canes]], Verg. G. 3, 496: catulorum blanda [[propago]], Lucr. 4, 999; Nemes. Cyneg. 215; 230: [[columba]], Ov. Am. 2, 6, 56: tigres, Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 604; Quint. 9, 4, 133; 11, 1, 30; 11, 3, 72 al.—<br /> <b>b</b> Poet. constr.<br /> <b>(a)</b> With gen.: precum, Stat. Achill. 2, 237.—<br /> <b>(b)</b> With acc.: genas vocemque, Stat. Th. 9, 155.—<br /> <b>(g)</b> With inf.: blandum et auritas fidibus canoris Ducere [[quercus]], Hor. C. 1, 12, 11; Stat. Th. 5, 456. —<br /> <b>(d)</b> With abl.: [[chorus]] implorat. .doctā prece [[blandus]] ( = [[blande]] supplicans dis carmine [[quod]] poëta eum docuit. Orell. ad loc.), Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 135.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop. ([[mostly]] of things).<br /> <b>A</b> Flattering, [[pleasant]], [[agreeable]], [[enticing]], [[alluring]], [[charming]], [[seductive]] (cf. [[blandior]], II. B.; [[blanditia]], II.): blandā voce vocare, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 51 Vahl.): ne blandā aut supplici oratione fallamur, Cic. Phil. 7, 9, 26; Lucr. 6, 1245: voces, Verg. A. 1, 670; Cat. 64, 139: [[preces]], Tib. 3, 6, 46; Hor. C. 4, 1, 8; id. A. P. 395; Ov. M. 10, 642: querelae, Tib. 3, 4, 75: laudes, Verg. G. 3, 185: verba, Ov. M. 2, 575; 6, 360: dicta, id. ib. 3, 375; 9, 156: os, id. ib. 13, 555: [[pectus]], Afran. ap. Non. p. 515.—So, [[voluptas]], Lucr. 2, 966; 4, 1081; 4, 1259; 5, 179; Cic. Tusc. 4, 3, 6: [[amor]], Lucr. 1, 20; Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 49: Veneris blandis sub armis, Prop. 4 (5), 1, 137: amaracini [[liquor]], Lucr. 2, 847: tura, Tib. 3, 3, 2: [[manus]], Hor. C. 3, 23, 18; cf. Ov. M. 2, 691: aquae, id. ib. 4, 344: caudae, id. ib. 14, 258 al.: [[otium]] consuetudine in [[dies]] blandius, Liv. 23, 18, 12: blandiores suci, Plin. 12, 1, 2, § 4; Suet. Tib. 27: blandissima litora, [[Baiae]], Stat. S. 3, 5, 96; Plin. 9, 8, 9, § 32: [[actio]], Quint. 7, 4, 27: [[ministerium]], Cod. Th. 10, 10, 12, § 1.— With dat.: et blandae superūm mortalibus irae, Stat. Th. 10, 836: [[neque]] admittunt orationes sermonesve... jucunda dictu aut legentibus blanda, Plin. 1, prooem. § 12.—<br /> <b>2</b> Of persons: [[filiolus]], Quint. 6, prooem. § 8; cf.: nam et voluptates, blandissimae dominae (the [[most]] [[alluring]] mistresses), majores partes animi a virtute detorquent, Cic. Off. 2, 10, 37.—<br /> <b>B</b> Persuading by [[caressing]], [[persuasive]]: [[nunc]] experiemur, [[nostrum]] [[uter]] [[sit]] [[blandior]], Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 56. —Hence, adv., in [[three]] forms, soothingly, flatteringly, [[courteously]], etc.<br /> <b>a</b> Anteclass. form blandĭter, Plaut. As. 1, 3, 69; id. Ps. 5, 2, 3; Titin. ap. Non. p. 210, 6 (also id. ib. p. 256, 15), and ap. Prisc. p. 1010 P.—<br /> <b>b</b> Class. form blandē, Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 9: compellare hominem, id. Poen. 3, 3, 72: me adpellare, id. Truc. 1, 2, 61: adloqui, Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 22: dicere, id. Ad. 5, 4, 24; cf.: [[blande]], [[leniter]], [[dulciter]] dicere, Quint. 12, 10, 71; and [[blande]] ac [[benedice]], Plaut. As. 1, 3, 54: rogare, Cic. Rosc. Com. 16, 49: excepti hospitio ab Tullo [[blande]] ac [[benigne]], Liv. 1, 22, 5: quaerere, Suet. Calig. 32: linguā lambere, Lucr. 5, 1066: et satiati agni ludunt blandeque coruscant, id. 2, 320: colere [[fructus]], to [[treat]] [[carefully]], [[gently]], id. 5, 1368 (cf. [[blandimentum]], II. B.): flectere cardinem sonantem, [[softly]], [[carefully]], Quint. Decl. 1, 13 al.—Comp.: blandius petere, Cic. de Or. 1, 24, 112: ad aurem invocabat, Cael. ap. Quint. 4, 2, 124: moderere fidem, Hor. C. 1, 24, 13 al.—Sup.: blandissime appellat hominem, Cic. Clu. 26, 72.—*<br /> <b>c</b> blandum = [[blande]]: ridere, Petr. 127, 1. | ||
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blandus: a, um, adj. for mlandus; akin to μείλιχος, mollis, mulier; Goth. milds; Engl. mild,
I of a smooth tongue, flattering, fawning, caressing (class and very freq.).
I Lit.: blanda es parum, Plaut. Cas. 3, 3, 21: nemini credo qui large blandu'st dives pauperi, id. Aul. 2, 2, 19: ut unus omnium homo te vivat numquam quisquam blandior, Ter. Hec. 5, 4, 21: scis me minime esse blandum, Cic. Att. 12, 5, 4: unum te puto minus blandum esse quam me, id. ib. 12, 3, 1: blandum amicum a vero secernere, id. Lael. 25, 95: (Alcibiades) affabilis, blandus, temporibus callidissime inserviens, Nep. Alcib. 1, 3: an blandiores (mulieres) in publico quam in privato et alienis quam vestris estis? Liv. 34, 2, 10: tum neque subjectus solito nec blandior esto, Ov. A. A. 2, 411: canes, Verg. G. 3, 496: catulorum blanda propago, Lucr. 4, 999; Nemes. Cyneg. 215; 230: columba, Ov. Am. 2, 6, 56: tigres, Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 604; Quint. 9, 4, 133; 11, 1, 30; 11, 3, 72 al.—
b Poet. constr.
(a) With gen.: precum, Stat. Achill. 2, 237.—
(b) With acc.: genas vocemque, Stat. Th. 9, 155.—
(g) With inf.: blandum et auritas fidibus canoris Ducere quercus, Hor. C. 1, 12, 11; Stat. Th. 5, 456. —
(d) With abl.: chorus implorat. .doctā prece blandus ( = blande supplicans dis carmine quod poëta eum docuit. Orell. ad loc.), Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 135.—
II Trop. (mostly of things).
A Flattering, pleasant, agreeable, enticing, alluring, charming, seductive (cf. blandior, II. B.; blanditia, II.): blandā voce vocare, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 51 Vahl.): ne blandā aut supplici oratione fallamur, Cic. Phil. 7, 9, 26; Lucr. 6, 1245: voces, Verg. A. 1, 670; Cat. 64, 139: preces, Tib. 3, 6, 46; Hor. C. 4, 1, 8; id. A. P. 395; Ov. M. 10, 642: querelae, Tib. 3, 4, 75: laudes, Verg. G. 3, 185: verba, Ov. M. 2, 575; 6, 360: dicta, id. ib. 3, 375; 9, 156: os, id. ib. 13, 555: pectus, Afran. ap. Non. p. 515.—So, voluptas, Lucr. 2, 966; 4, 1081; 4, 1259; 5, 179; Cic. Tusc. 4, 3, 6: amor, Lucr. 1, 20; Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 49: Veneris blandis sub armis, Prop. 4 (5), 1, 137: amaracini liquor, Lucr. 2, 847: tura, Tib. 3, 3, 2: manus, Hor. C. 3, 23, 18; cf. Ov. M. 2, 691: aquae, id. ib. 4, 344: caudae, id. ib. 14, 258 al.: otium consuetudine in dies blandius, Liv. 23, 18, 12: blandiores suci, Plin. 12, 1, 2, § 4; Suet. Tib. 27: blandissima litora, Baiae, Stat. S. 3, 5, 96; Plin. 9, 8, 9, § 32: actio, Quint. 7, 4, 27: ministerium, Cod. Th. 10, 10, 12, § 1.— With dat.: et blandae superūm mortalibus irae, Stat. Th. 10, 836: neque admittunt orationes sermonesve... jucunda dictu aut legentibus blanda, Plin. 1, prooem. § 12.—
2 Of persons: filiolus, Quint. 6, prooem. § 8; cf.: nam et voluptates, blandissimae dominae (the most alluring mistresses), majores partes animi a virtute detorquent, Cic. Off. 2, 10, 37.—
B Persuading by caressing, persuasive: nunc experiemur, nostrum uter sit blandior, Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 56. —Hence, adv., in three forms, soothingly, flatteringly, courteously, etc.
a Anteclass. form blandĭter, Plaut. As. 1, 3, 69; id. Ps. 5, 2, 3; Titin. ap. Non. p. 210, 6 (also id. ib. p. 256, 15), and ap. Prisc. p. 1010 P.—
b Class. form blandē, Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 9: compellare hominem, id. Poen. 3, 3, 72: me adpellare, id. Truc. 1, 2, 61: adloqui, Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 22: dicere, id. Ad. 5, 4, 24; cf.: blande, leniter, dulciter dicere, Quint. 12, 10, 71; and blande ac benedice, Plaut. As. 1, 3, 54: rogare, Cic. Rosc. Com. 16, 49: excepti hospitio ab Tullo blande ac benigne, Liv. 1, 22, 5: quaerere, Suet. Calig. 32: linguā lambere, Lucr. 5, 1066: et satiati agni ludunt blandeque coruscant, id. 2, 320: colere fructus, to treat carefully, gently, id. 5, 1368 (cf. blandimentum, II. B.): flectere cardinem sonantem, softly, carefully, Quint. Decl. 1, 13 al.—Comp.: blandius petere, Cic. de Or. 1, 24, 112: ad aurem invocabat, Cael. ap. Quint. 4, 2, 124: moderere fidem, Hor. C. 1, 24, 13 al.—Sup.: blandissime appellat hominem, Cic. Clu. 26, 72.—*
c blandum = blande: ridere, Petr. 127, 1.
