delinio

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.