sub-blandĭor, īri (fut. subblandibitur, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 4, 19; inf. subblandirier, id. Cas. 3, 3, 22), v. dep. n., to caress or fondle a little (ante-class.): subblanditur, palpatur, Lucil. ap. Non. 472, 6; Plaut. As. 1, 3, 33: viris alienis, id. Cas. 3, 3, 22: mihi inani atque inopi, id. Bacch. 3, 4, 19; 4, 8, 35; id. Most. 1, 3, 64.