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|lshtext=<b>lēnis</b>: e, adj. cf. [[lentus]],<br /><b>I</b> [[soft]], [[smooth]], [[mild]], [[gentle]], [[easy]], [[calm]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: [[sensus]] judicat [[dulce]], amarum: [[lene]], asperum, Cic. Fin. 2, 12, 36; id. N. D. 2, 58, 146: [[vehemens]] [[fricatio]] spissat, [[lenis]] mollit, Plin. 28, 4, 14, § 53: [[vinum]] hoc asperum est: aliud lenius, [[sodes]], vide, Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 48: lenibus venenis uti, Cic. Att. 2, 21, 1: lenissimus [[ventus]], id. ib. 7, 2, 1: [[motus]] laterum, [[moderate]], [[gentle]], Quint. 11, 3, 92; 161: leni igni [[sucus]] coquitur, Plin. 21, 18, 73, § 122.—Of the [[Nile]]: [[postea]] [[lenis]], Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 54: [[tormentum]], Hor. C. 3, 21, 13: [[volatus]], Ov. M. 12, 527: [[somnus]], Hor. C. 3, 1, 21.—Of heights, [[gently]] or [[gradually]] [[rising]]: [[clivus]], Liv. 6, 24; cf. id. 29, 33.— Comp.: jugum [[paulo]] leniore fastigio ab ea parte quae, etc., Caes. B. C. 2, 24; so [[fastigium]], Plin. 16, 36, 64, § 158.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop., [[gentle]], [[moderate]], [[mild]], [[lenient]], [[calm]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen.: servitutem lenem reddere, Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 5: Ecce me. Opusne (erit [[tibi]]) leni? leniorem dices [[quam]] mutumst [[mare]], id. Mil. 3, 1, 70: [[homo]] [[lenis]] et [[facilis]], Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 9: [[populus]] Romanus in hostes lenissimus, id. Rosc. Am. 53, 154: lenissima verba, id. Fam. 5, 15, 1: lenissimum [[ingenium]], id. Brut. 56, 204: lenior [[sententia]], Caes. B. C. 1, 2: [[lene]] [[consilium]] [[dare]], Hor C. 3, 4, 41.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With inf.: non [[lenis]] precibus fata recludere [[Mercurius]], Hor. C. 1, 24, 17.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of [[speech]], [[mild]], [[gentle]]: [[oratio]] placida, submissa, [[lenis]], Cic. de Or. 2, 43, 183: [[lenis]] et [[fluens]] [[contextus]] orationis, Quint. 9, 4, 127: leniores epilogi, id. 6, 1, 50.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In gram.: [[spiritus]], the [[spiritus]] [[lenis]], the [[smooth]] or [[soft]] [[breathing]] (opp. the [[spiritus]] [[asper]]), Prisc. p. 572 P.— Hence, adv. in [[two]] forms.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> lēne ([[only]] [[poet]].), [[softly]], [[mildly]], [[gently]]: [[sectus]] humum [[rivo]], [[lene]] sonantis aquae, Ov. F. 2, 704: clivi [[lene]] jacentes, [[gently]] [[rising]], Calp. Ecl. 7, 25: [[lene]] [[fluens]] [[fons]], Nemes. Ecl. 4, 47: [[lene]] [[Notus]] spirat, Avien. Descript. Orb. 857.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> lēnĭter ([[class]].), [[softly]], [[mildly]], [[gently]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Lit.: [[leniter]] arridens, Cic. Rep. 6, 12, 12: [[leniter]] atterens Caudam, Hor. C. 2, 19, 30: [[ventus]] [[leniter]] [[pluvius]], Plin. 18, 34, 77, § 337: [[leniter]] [[ire]] per excubias custodum, Ov. Am. 1, 6, 7: [[collis]] [[leniter]] [[acclivis]], [[gradually]] or [[gently]] [[rising]], Caes. B. G. 7, 19; so, [[editus]] [[collis]], Liv. 2, 50.—Comp.: [[torrens]] lenius decurrit, Ov. M. 3, 568.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Trop., [[quietly]], [[calmly]], [[gently]], [[moderately]], [[leniently]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> In gen.: tentem [[leniter]] an [[minaciter]]? Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 20: petere [[quippiam]] ab [[aliquo]] dictis bonis, id. Am. prol. 25: ferre aliquid, Ov. H. 5, 7: traducere [[aevum]], Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 97: [[nimis]] [[leniter]] latam suam injuriam [[ratus]], Liv. 29, 9 (al. [[leviter]]).—Sup.: lenissime sentire, Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 9.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of [[speech]]: [[multa]] [[leniter]], [[multa]] [[aspere]] dicta sunt, Cic. Brut. 44, 164: agit [[versum]] [[Roscius]] [[quam]] [[leniter]], [[quam]] [[remisse]], [[quam]] non [[actuose]], id. de Or. 3, 26, 102.—Comp.: qui jamdiu [[multo]] [[dicis]] remissius et lenius [[quam]] solebas, Cic. de Or. 1, 60, 255.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Moderately, i. e. [[very]] [[little]], not at all: hoc [[leniter]] laudabitis, Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 40; 3, 3, 9: [[leniter]] qui saeviunt sapiunt [[magis]], id. Bacch. 3, 3, 4.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In a [[bad]] [[sense]], [[remissly]], [[indolently]]: si cunctetur [[atque]] agat lenius, [[too]] [[slowly]], Caes. B. C. 1, 1.<br /><b>lenis</b>: is, m.,<br /><b>I</b> a [[kind]] of [[vessel]], Afran. and Laber. ap. Non. 544, 31.

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