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|lshtext=<b>clēmens</b>: entis (abl. usu. -ti;<br /><b>I</b> [[but]] -te, Liv. 1, 26, 8; Laber. ap. Macr. S. 2, 7, 3), adj. etym. dub.; cf. lemures; and Germ. [[hold]].<br /><b>I</b> Orig. (in the [[class]]. per. [[very]] [[rare]]), of the [[quiet]], [[placid]], [[pleasant]] [[state]] of the [[air]], [[wind]], or [[weather]], [[mild]], [[calm]], [[soft]], [[gentle]] ( = the [[class]]. [[placidus]], [[quietus]]): undae clementi flamine pulsae, * Cat. 64, 272: clementior Auster [[vela]] vocat, Stat. Th. 5, 468: [[aura]] Favoni, Claud. Cons. Prob. Olyb. 272; cf. id. III. Cons. Hon. 165; Val. Fl. 6, 747: clementior [[dies]], Col. 11, 2, 2: clementior Arctos, Sil. 1, 198: clementiores plagae (opp. Septentrio), Pall. Febr. 12, 1.—Hence,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Esp.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of the [[gentle]] [[motion]] of the [[sea]], rivers, etc., [[placid]], [[calm]], etc.: [[mare]], Gell. 2, 21, 1: [[Pasitigris]] clementiore alveo praeterit, etc. (preced. by: [[praeceps]] [[inter]] saxa devolvitur), Curt. 5, 3, 1: quā [[sit]] clementissimus [[amnis]], Ov. M. 9, 116.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of places (opp. [[praeceps]]), [[smooth]], of a [[gentle]] [[ascent]]: [[clivulus]], App. M. 4, p. 144.—Far [[more]] freq.,<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Of a [[calm]], unexcited, passionless [[state]] of [[mind]], [[quiet]], [[mild]], [[gentle]], [[tranquil]], [[kind]] (syn.: [[placidus]], [[lenis]]): clementem vocabo non in [[alieno]] dolore facilem, sed eum, qui cum suis stimulis exagitetur, non prosilit, etc., Sen. Clem. 1, 20, 3: egit [[semper]] vitam... [[clemens]], [[placidus]], Ter. Ad. 5, 1, 10: [[vita]] urbana [[atque]] [[otium]], id. ib. 1, 1, 17 (cf. [[with]] Cic. Rab. Post. 7, 17: [[vita]] quieta [[atque]] otiosa): [[ille]] suam [[semper]] egit vitam in otio, in conviviis: [[clemens]], [[placidus]], Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 10; Liv. 38, 17, 17 (cf. the passages under [[clementia]], cited from Flor.): [[cupio]], patres conscripti, me esse clementem: [[cupio]] in tantis rei publicae periculis me non dissolutum videri, Cic. Cat. 1, 2, 4: [[etsi]] [[satis]] [[clemens]] [[sum]] in disputando, [[tamen]] [[interdum]] [[soleo]] subirasci, id. Fin. 2, 4, 12: (Arimphaeis) [[ritus]] clementes, Plin. 6, 13, 14, § 35.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Transf. to animals. [[tame]], [[domesticated]]: clementius [[genus]] columbarum (opp. agrestes), Varr. R. R. 3, 7, 2.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Specif.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Mild in [[respect]] to the faults and failures of others, i. e. [[forbearing]], [[indulgent]], [[compassionate]], [[merciful]] ([[class]].; syn.: [[mitis]], [[benignus]], [[humanus]], [[lenis]], [[facilis]], [[indulgens]]; opp.: [[crudelis]], [[inhumanus]], [[asper]] al.): clementi (mi) [[animo]] ignoscet, Plaut. Mil. 4, 6, 37; Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 22: judices et misericordes, Cic. Planc. 13, 31; cf. * Hor. C. 3, 11, 46; Tac. A. 2, 57: vir et [[contra]] audaciam fortissimus et ab innocentiā clementissimus, Cic. Rosc. Am. 30, 85; Nep. Epam. 3, 2: legis [[interpres]], Liv. 1, 26, 8: [[dominus]] [[facilis]] et [[clemens]], Suet. Aug. 67: justa et [[clemens]] [[servitus]], Ter. And. 1, 1, 9: [[castigatio]], Cic. Off. 1, 38, 137: clementior [[sententia]], Liv. 8, 31, 8.—More [[unusual]]: [[rumor]], i. e. non [[nimius]], [[mild]], mitigated, [[πρᾶος]] (acc. to Prisc. p. 1202 P.), Sall. J. 22, 1.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Poet. of places: [[pars]] (insulae) ratibus [[clemens]], [[accessible]], Claud. B. Gild. 511.—Adv.: clē-menter.<br /><b>I</b> (Acc. to I. A.) Gently, [[softly]], [[mildly]]: non desiit adsidue tremere [[Campania]], clementius [[quidem]], sed ingenti [[damno]], Sen. Q. N. 6, 31, 1: agitant venti oleas, Pall. Nov. 5: spirant clementius Austri, Stat. S. 2, 2, 27.—So of [[moderate]], [[slow]] [[action]] gen.: Eu. Sequere sis. Ch. Sequor. Eu. Clementer [[quaeso]]; [[calces]] deteris, Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 111; so id. Stich. 4, 1, 26; id. Ep. 2, 2, 23. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> (Acc. to I. B. 2.) By degrees, [[gradually]], [[gently]]: clementer et molliter assurgens [[collis]], Col. 2, 2, 1; cf. Tac. A. 13, 38: [[editum]] jugum, id. G. 1; Sil. 1, 274; Sen. Oedip. 280: accedere, Tac. A. 12, 33; cf. in comp.: explorare, si quā Appennini juga clementius adirentur, id. H. 3, 52.—<br /><b>II</b> (Acc. to II. A.) Quietly, [[placidly]], [[tranquilly]], [[calmly]]: accipere aliquid clementius [[aequo]], * Lucr. 3, 314: si [[quid]] est [[factum]] clementer, ut [[dissolute]] [[factum]] criminer, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 8, § 19: [[leniter]] hominem clementerque accepit, id. ib. 2, 4, 40, § 86: ferre aliquid, id. Att. 6, 1, 3: consolationes clementer admotae, Plin. Ep. 5, 16, 11: quo id pacto fieri possit clementissime, Plaut. Mil. 4, 3, 5: leo caudam clementer et [[blande]] movet, Gell. 5, 14, 12.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> (Acc. to II. B.) With [[forbearance]], [[mildly]], [[with]] [[indulgence]]: clementer et [[moderate]] jus dicere, Caes. B. C. 3, 20: clementer a consule accepti, Liv. 27, 15, 2: clementer ductis militibus, i.e. [[peacefully]], [[without]] [[plundering]], id. 29, 2, 1.— Comp.: clementius tractare aliquem, Plin. Ep. 8, 24, 5.—Sup.: clementissime scribere de [[aliquo]], Gell. 1, 18, 3: qui victoriā civili clementissime [[usus]] est, Sen. Ira, 2, 23, 4.