verb transitive intransitive

lēnĭo

2nd PP lēnīre · 3rd PP lēnīvi / lēnĭi · 4th PP lēnītum · conj. 4th

imperf. lenibant, Verg. A. 4, 528: lenibat, id. ib. 6, 468; fut. lenibunt,… •

imperf. lenibant, Verg. A. 4, 528: lenibat, id. ib. 6, 468; fut. lenibunt, Prop. 3, 20 (4, 21), 32), v. a. and n. 1. lenis.

Act., to make soft; mild, to soften, mollify, alleviate, mitigate, assuage, soothe, calm

Act., to make soft or mild, to soften, mollify, alleviate, mitigate, assuage, soothe, calm (syn.: mitigo, placo, sedo, mulceo).

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Lit.: lapsana alvum lenit et mollit, Plin. 20, 9, 37, § 96: nuces leniunt saporem caeparum, id. 23, 8, 77, § 147: tumores, id. 33, 6, 35, § 110: collectiones impetusque, id. 22, 25, 58, § 122: stomachum latrantem, Hor. S. 2, 2, 18: volnera, to assuage, heal, Prop. 3, 20 (4, 21), 32: clamorem, to soften, moderate, Hor. C. 1, 27, 7: inopiam frumenti lenire, to make amends for, cause to be less felt, Sall. J. 91.—

to render mild, to appease, calm, pacify figuratively •••

Trop., to render mild, to appease, calm, pacify, etc.: senem illum tibi dedo ulteriorem, ut lenitum reddas, Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 31: illum saepe lenivi iratum, Cic. Att. 6, 2, 2: temperantia animos placat ac lenit, id. Fin. 1, 14, 47: te ipsum dies leniet, aetas mitigabit, id. Mur. 31, 65: epulis multitudinem imperitam, id. Phil. 2, 45, 116: desiderium crebris epistolis, id. Fam. 15, 21, 1: se multa consolatione, id. Q. Fr. 3, 5, 4: diem tempusque ... leniturum iras, Liv. 2, 45: seditionem, id. 6, 16: animum ferocem, Sall. J. 11: saepius fatigatus lenitur, id. ib. 111, 3: lenire dolentem Solando, Verg. A. 4, 393.—*

Neutr., to become soft; mild, to be softened, mitigated •

Neutr., to become soft or mild, to be softened, mitigated: dum irae leniunt, Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 100; cf. Brix ad loc.

Perseus ID: n26221 Key: lenio