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blandĭter adv. blandĭtĭa The quality of one; a caressing; flattering; flattery; flatteries blandities blandītim adv. in a flattering; caressing manner blandītor a flatterer blandītus P. a. blandŭlus adj. dim; pleasing; charming blandus adj. of a smooth tongue; flattering; fawning; caressing; pleasant blapsĭgŏnĭa a disease which prevents bees from breeding Blascōn an island off the coast of Gaul blasphēmābĭlis adj. that deserves reproach; censurable blasphēmātĭo a reviling blasphēmĭa a reviling; slander blasphēmo v. a. to revile; reproach; to blaspheme blasphēmus adj. reviling; defaming; subst; blasphemer blateas blătĕrātĭo a babbling blătĕrātus a babbling; prating blătĕro v. a. To talk idly; foolishly; to babble; prate blătĕro a babbler; prater blătĭo v. a. to utter foolish things; to babble; prate blatta an insect that shuns the light;; the cockroach; chafer; moth blatta a clot of blood; Purple blattārĭus adj. pertaining to the moth; for moths; dark bathing-rooms; Subst; moth-mullein blattea blattĕus adj. purple-colored; purple blattĭārĭus a dyer in purple blattĭfer adj. wearing purple; clothed in purple Blaudēnĭus adj. of the town; in Phrygia Major blēchnon blēchon wild pennyroyal Blemmўae an Ethiopian people blendĭus an inferior kind of seafish blennus a blockhead; dolt; simpleton Blĕphărōn a comic character in the Amphitruo of Plautus blĭtĕus adj. tasteless; insipid; silly; foolish; useless blĭtum a vegetable; in itself tasteless; but used as a salad; orache; spinach Blossĭus a Roman proper name; of Cumœ; a Stoic and a follower of Ti. Gracchus bŏa a large Italian serpent; a water-serpent; so called because it milked cows; bec… Boadicēa bŏārĭus adj. relating to neat cattle; the cattle market at Rome; a plant bŏātus a loud crying; a bellowing; roaring Boaulia bobsĕqua bocas Bocchar a king of Mauritania at the time of the second Punic war; an African Bocchărum a town on the larger of the Balearic islands Bocchus a king of Mauritania; father-in-law of Jugurtha; whom he gave up bound to Sulla… bōculus Bodincus the Ligurian name of the river Po Bŏdotrĭa a bay in Scotland on which the present Edinburgh is situated; Firth of Forth Boduognātus a leader of the Nervii Boebē A village in the Thessalian province Pelasgiotis; on the shore of Lake Bœbeïs; … Boeōtarches one of the chief magistrates in Bœotia; a Bœotarch Boeōtĭa Bœotia; a district of Greece proper; whose capital was Thebes; the birthplace o… Bŏēthius a distinguished philosopher and theologian of the post-classic period under The… bŏēthus the aid; assistant of a scribe Bŏēthus nom. prop; A distinguished sculptor and engraver in silver; A Stoic philosopher Bogud son of Bocchus and king of Mauritania; captured and slain bg Agrippa; that was … Bohemi Boia bŏiae a collar for the neck Boicus ăger Boiemi Bŏii a people in; the Bourbonnais; their chief town; their country; Bohemians Boiŏrix a king of the Boii; A king of the Cimbri Bōla a very ancient town of the Æqui; in Latium; Poli; pertaining to Bola; the inhab… Bolbitīnus adj. belonging to the city of Bolbitine; Rosetta; Lower Egypt bolbĭtŏn the dung of cattle Bolbŭlae a group of small islands near Cyprus bōlētārĭa a vessel for mushrooms; lemm; a vessel for cooking and eating in bōlētus the best kind of mushrooms bŏlis a fiery meteor of the form of an arrow bŏlītes the root of the plant bōloe a kind of precious stones bŏlōnae A draught of fishes set to sale; Dealers in fish; fish-mongers bŏlus a throw; cast; Th; A cast of the net; the cast bombax interj. indeed! strange! Ca; Ba; Ps bombĭnātor the buzzer; hummer bombio to buzz bombīto v. n. to buzz; hum; bombĭzātĭo the buzzing of bees Bombŏmăchĭdes a name formed in ridicule of a boasting soldier Bombŏs a river of Cilicia bombus a hollow; deep sound; a booming; humming; buzzing bombȳcĭae hărundĭnes reeds suitable for flutes bombȳcĭnus adj. of silk; silken; Subst; silk garments; a silk texture bombȳlis the silkworm in its chrysalis state bombyx The silk-worm; That which is made of silk; a silken garment; silk; Arabian Bŏmilcar A Carthaginian general; contemporary with Agathocles; One of Hannibal; A compan… Bōmŏnīcae the Lacedœmonian youths who allowed themselves to be whipped at the altar of Ar… Bŏna Dea the good goddess; worshipped by the women of Rome as the goddess of chastity an… bŏnāsus a species of bull in Pœonia; with the hair of a horse; and with horns unfit for… bŏnĕ adv. bŏnĭfăcies of a handsome face bŏnĭfātus lucky; fortunate bŏnĭmōris well-mannered bŏnĭtas the good quality of a thing; goodness; excellence; good; honest Bonna a city on the Rhine; Bonn; of Bonna Bŏnōnĭa A town in; in the neighborhood of; a Roman colony founded; previously a Tuscan …