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dēlēnĭfĭcus (delin-), a, um, adj. [delenio-facio], soothing, caressing, captivating, flattering, enchanting (ante- and postclass.): verba, Lucil. ap. Fulg. 567, 24: facta, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 39: ingenium mulierum, Turp. ap. Non. 278, 2: Fronto Ep. ad Ver. 1 al.

dēlēnīmentum (delin-), i, n. [delenio], any thing that soothes, charms, or allures, a charm, blandishment, allurement, enticement (ante-class., and repeatedly since the Aug. period, but not in Cic. or Caes.), Afran. ap. Non. 2, 4, and 8 (twice); Liv. 4, 51; 7, 38; Tac. A. 2, 33; id. Agr. 21; id. H. 1, 77 al.

dē-lēnĭo, and in many MSS. dēlīnĭo, īvi, ītum, 4, v. a., to soothe or soften down, to cajole, charm, win, captivate, entice (very freq., and class.): delenitus sum profecto ita, ut me qui sim nesciam, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 214: dotibus deleniti, Titin. ap. Non. 72, 1; so, mulierem non nuptialibus donis sed filiorum funeribus, Cic. Clu. 9 fin.: milites blande appellando (with allicere oratione benigna), id. Off. 2, 14, 48: aliquem blanditiis voluptatum, id. Fin. 1, 10, 33: genus hominum disertorum oratione, id. de Or. 1, 9, 36: Sirenum cantu, Quint. 5, 8, 1; cf.: Midan barbarico carmine, Ov. M. 11, 163 et saep.: animos hominum, Cic. Mur. 35, 74; cf. Liv. 7, 38; and, animos popularium praeda, id. 1, 57: animum adulescentis pellexit iis omnibus rebus, quibus illa aetas capi ac deleniri potest, Cic. Clu. 5, 13: dolentem nec Phrygius lapis delenit, etc. ( = permulcet), Hor. Od. 3, 1, 43: tristemque delinivit blanditiis, Vulg. Gen. 34, 3; cf.: id. 2 Par. 24, 17.

* dēlēnītor (delin-), ōris, m. [delenio], one who softens down, soothes, wins over: judicis, Cic. Brut. 70, 246.

dēlēnītōrĭus (delin.), a, um, adj., pertaining to or serving for softening, soothing: aquae, Cassiod. Varr. 10, 29.

dē-līnĕo, also dēlīnĭo, āvi, 1, v. a. [linea], to sketch out, to delineate: imaginem in pariete carbone, Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 89; Tert. adv. Val. 4; id. Res. Carn. 20 init.

dēlīnĭfĭcus, dēlīnīmentum, dēlīnĭo and dēlīnītor, v. delen.