ἡγούμενος τῶν ἡδονῶν ἀλλ' οὐκ ἀγόμενος ὑπ' αὐτῶν → of his pleasures he was the master and not their servant
blandĭdĭcus: a, um, adj. blandusdico,I speaking soothingly, coaxingly, or kindly, Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 10.