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Blanda, ae. f.

  1. I. A maritime town in Lucania, now Maratea, Mel. 2, 4, 9; Plin. 3, 5, 10, § 72 (in Liv. 24, 20, 5, Blandae, ārum).
  2. II. A small maritime town in Hispania Tarraconensis, now Blanes, Mel. 2, 6, 5 (in Plin. 3, 3, 4, § 22, Blandae, ārum).

blandĭo, īre, 4 (act. collat. form of blandior), to caress, coax, court: cur ego blandirem (mulierem), App. Mag. 87, p. 328 fin.
Part. pass.: blanditusque labor molli curabitur arte, Verr. ap. Prisc. 792 P.: blandiendo duce nutrivit malum, Sen. Hippol. 135.

blandĭor, ītus, 4, v. dep. [blandus].

  1. I. Prop., lit., to cling caressingly to one, to fawn upon, to flatter, soothe, caress, fondle, coax (class.).
      1. 1. With dat.: matri interfectae infante miserabiliter blandiente, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 88.
      2. 2. With inter se, Plin. 10, 37, 52, § 109.
      3. 3. With ut and subj.: Hannibalem pueriliter blandientem patri ut duceretur in Hispaniam, Liv. 21, 1, 4.
      4. 4. Absol.: cessit immanis tibi blandienti Janitor aulae Cerberus, Hor. C. 3, 11, 15: tantusque in eo vigor, et dulcis quidam blandientis risus apparuit, ut, etc., Just. 1, 4, 12: et modo blanditur, modo … Terret, Ov. M. 10, 416.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. In gen., to flatter, make flattering, courteous speeches, be complaisant to.
      1. 1. With dat.: nostro ordini palam blandiuntur, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 37: blandiri eis subtiliter a quibus est petendum, Cic. de Or. 1, 20, 90: cur matri praeterea blanditur? id. Fl. 37, 92: durae supplex blandire puellae, Ov. A. A. 2, 527: sic (Venus) patruo blandita suo est, id. M. 4, 532; 6, 440; 14, 705.
      2. 2. Absol.: quippe qui litigare se simulans blandiatur, Cic. Lael. 26, 99: lingua juvet, mentemque tegat. Blandire, noceque, Ov. Am. 1, 8, 103: in blandiendo (vox) lenis et summissa, Quint. 11, 3, 63: pavidum blandita, timidly coaxing, Ov. M. 9, 569: qui cum dolet blanditur, post tempus sapit, Publ. Syr. v. 506 Rib.
      3. 3. With per: de Commageno mirifice mihi et per se et per Pomponium blanditur Appius, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 10 (12), 2.
      4. 4. With abl.: torrenti ac meditatā cotidie oratione blandiens, Plin. 26, 3, 7, § 12.
    2. B. In partic.
      1. 1. Blandiri sibi, etc., to flatter one’s self with something, to fancy something, delude one’s self: blandiuntur enim sibi, qui putant, etc., Dig. 26, 7, 3, § 2.
        So often in Dig. et Codd.; cf.: ne nobis blandiar, not to flatter ourselves, to tell the whole truth, Juv. 3, 126.
      2. 2. Pregn., to persuade or impel by flattery ( = blandiendo persuadeo or compello—very rare).
        1. a. With subj.: (ipsa voluptas) res per Veneris blanditur saecla propagent ( = sic blanditur ut propagent), Lucr. 2, 173 Lachm.
        2. b. With ab and ad: cum etiam saepe blandiatur gratia conviviorum a veris indiciis ad falsam probationem, Vitr. 3 praef.
  3. III. Trop.
    1. A. Of inanim. things as subjects, to flatter, please, be agreeable or favorable to; to allure by pleasure, to attract, entice, invite.
      1. 1. With dat.: video quam suaviter voluptas sensibus nostris blandiatur, Cic. Ac. 2, 45, 139: blandiebatur coeptis fortuna, Tac. H. 2, 10.
      2. 2. Absol.: fortuna cum blanditur captatum venit, Publ. Syr. v. 167 Rib: blandiente inertiā, Tac. H. 4, 4: ignoscere vitiis blandientibus, id. Agr. 16; Suet. Ner. 20; Plin. 13, 9, 17, § 60.
      3. 3. With abl.: opportuna suā blanditur populus umbrā, Ov M. 10, 555.
    2. B. Of things as objects: cur ego non votis blandiar ipse meis? i. e. believe what I wish, Ov. Am. 2, 11, 54: nisi tamen auribus nostris bibliopolae blandiuntur, tickle with flattery, Plin. Ep. 1, 2, 6.
      Hence,
    1. A. Subst.: blandĭens, entis, m., a flatterer: adversus blandientes incorruptus, Tac. H. 1, 35.
    2. B. blandītus, a, um, P. a., pleasant, agreeable, charming (rare): rosae, Prop. 4 (5), 6, 72: peregrinatio, Plin. 10, 23, 33, § 67.

blandus, a, um, adj. [for mlandus; akin to μείλιχος, mollis, mulier; Goth. milds; Engl. mild], of a smooth tongue, flattering, fawning, caressing (class and very freq.).

  1. I. Lit.: blanda es parum, Plaut. Cas. 3, 3, 21: nemini credo qui large blandu’st dives pauperi, id. Aul. 2, 2, 19: ut unus omnium homo te vivat numquam quisquam blandior, Ter. Hec. 5, 4, 21: scis me minime esse blandum, Cic. Att. 12, 5, 4: unum te puto minus blandum esse quam me, id. ib. 12, 3, 1: blandum amicum a vero secernere, id. Lael. 25, 95: (Alcibiades) affabilis, blandus, temporibus callidissime inserviens, Nep. Alcib. 1, 3: an blandiores (mulieres) in publico quam in privato et alienis quam vestris estis? Liv. 34, 2, 10: tum neque subjectus solito nec blandior esto, Ov. A. A. 2, 411: canes, Verg. G. 3, 496: catulorum blanda propago, Lucr. 4, 999; Nemes. Cyneg. 215; 230: columba, Ov. Am. 2, 6, 56: tigres, Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 604; Quint. 9, 4, 133; 11, 1, 30; 11, 3, 72 al.
        1. b. Poet. constr.
          1. (α) With gen.: precum, Stat. Achill. 2, 237.
          2. (β) With acc.: genas vocemque, Stat. Th. 9, 155.
          3. (γ) With inf.: blandum et auritas fidibus canoris Ducere quercus, Hor. C. 1, 12, 11; Stat. Th. 5, 456.
          4. (δ) With abl.: chorus implorat. .doctā prece blandus ( = blande supplicans dis carmine quod poëta eum docuit. Orell. ad loc.), Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 135.
  2. II. Trop. (mostly of things).
    1. A. Flattering, pleasant, agreeable, enticing, alluring, charming, seductive (cf. blandior, II. B.; blanditia, II.): blandā voce vocare, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 51 Vahl.): ne blandā aut supplici oratione fallamur, Cic. Phil. 7, 9, 26; Lucr. 6, 1245: voces, Verg. A. 1, 670; Cat. 64, 139: preces, Tib. 3, 6, 46; Hor. C. 4, 1, 8; id. A. P. 395; Ov. M. 10, 642: querelae, Tib. 3, 4, 75: laudes, Verg. G. 3, 185: verba, Ov. M. 2, 575; 6, 360: dicta, id. ib. 3, 375; 9, 156: os, id. ib. 13, 555: pectus, Afran. ap. Non. p. 515.
      So, voluptas, Lucr. 2, 966; 4, 1081; 4, 1259; 5, 179; Cic. Tusc. 4, 3, 6: amor, Lucr. 1, 20; Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 49: Veneris blandis sub armis, Prop. 4 (5), 1, 137: amaracini liquor, Lucr. 2, 847: tura, Tib. 3, 3, 2: manus, Hor. C. 3, 23, 18; cf. Ov. M. 2, 691: aquae, id. ib. 4, 344: caudae, id. ib. 14, 258 al.: otium consuetudine in dies blandius, Liv. 23, 18, 12: blandiores suci, Plin. 12, 1, 2, § 4; Suet. Tib. 27: blandissima litora, Baiae, Stat. S. 3, 5, 96; Plin. 9, 8, 9, § 32: actio, Quint. 7, 4, 27: ministerium, Cod. Th. 10, 10, 12, § 1.
      With dat.: et blandae superūm mortalibus irae, Stat. Th. 10, 836: neque admittunt orationes sermonesve … jucunda dictu aut legentibus blanda, Plin. 1, prooem. § 12.
      1. 2. Of persons: filiolus, Quint. 6, prooem. § 8; cf.: nam et voluptates, blandissimae dominae (the most alluring mistresses), majores partes animi a virtute detorquent, Cic. Off. 2, 10, 37.
    2. B. Persuading by caressing, persuasive: nunc experiemur, nostrum uter sit blandior, Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 56.
      Hence, adv., in three forms, soothingly, flatteringly, courteously, etc.
        1. a. Anteclass. form blandĭter, Plaut. As. 1, 3, 69; id. Ps. 5, 2, 3; Titin. ap. Non. p. 210, 6 (also id. ib. p. 256, 15), and ap. Prisc. p. 1010 P.
        2. b. Class. form blandē, Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 9: compellare hominem, id. Poen. 3, 3, 72: me adpellare, id. Truc. 1, 2, 61: adloqui, Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 22: dicere, id. Ad. 5, 4, 24; cf.: blande, leniter, dulciter dicere, Quint. 12, 10, 71; and blande ac benedice, Plaut. As. 1, 3, 54: rogare, Cic. Rosc. Com. 16, 49: excepti hospitio ab Tullo blande ac benigne, Liv. 1, 22, 5: quaerere, Suet. Calig. 32: linguā lambere, Lucr. 5, 1066: et satiati agni ludunt blandeque coruscant, id. 2, 320: colere fructus, to treat carefully, gently, id. 5, 1368 (cf. blandimentum, II. B.): flectere cardinem sonantem, softly, carefully, Quint. Decl. 1, 13 al.
          Comp.: blandius petere, Cic. de Or. 1, 24, 112: ad aurem invocabat, Cael. ap. Quint. 4, 2, 124: moderere fidem, Hor. C. 1, 24, 13 al.
          Sup.: blandissime appellat hominem, Cic. Clu. 26, 72.
        3. * c. blandum = blande: ridere, Petr. 127, 1.