blandior

blandĭor, ītus, 4, v. dep. [blandus].

I.

Prop., lit., to cling caressingly to one, to fawn upon, to flatter, soothe, caress, fondle, coax (class.).

1.

With dat.:

matri interfectae infante miserabiliter blandiente,

Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 88.—

2.

With inter se, Plin. 10, 37, 52, § 109.—

3.

With ut and subj.:

Hannibalem pueriliter blandientem patri ut duceretur in Hispaniam,

Liv. 21, 1, 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.—

II.

Transf.

A.

In gen., to flatter, make flattering, courteous speeches, be complaisant to.

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.

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.

With per:

de Commageno mirifice mihi et per se et per Pomponium blanditur Appius,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 10 (12), 2.—

4.

With abl.:

torrenti ac meditatā cotidie oratione blandiens,

Plin. 26, 3, 7, § 12.—

B.

In partic.

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.

Pregn., to persuade or impel by flattery ( = blandiendo persuadeo or compello—very rare).

a.

With subj.:

(ipsa voluptas) res per Veneris blanditur saecla propagent ( = sic blanditur ut propagent),

Lucr. 2, 173 Lachm.—

b.

With ab and ad:

cum etiam saepe blandiatur gratia conviviorum a veris indiciis ad falsam probationem,

Vitr. 3 praef. —

III.

Trop.

A.

Of inanim. things as subjects, to flatter, please, be agreeable or favorable to; to allure by pleasure, to attract, entice, invite.

1.

With dat.:

video quam suaviter voluptas sensibus nostris blandiatur,

Cic. Ac. 2, 45, 139:

blandiebatur coeptis fortuna,

Tac. H. 2, 10. —

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.

With abl.: opportuna suā blanditur populus umbrā, Ov M. 10, 555.—

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,

A.

Subst.: blandĭens, entis, m., a flatterer:

adversus blandientes incorruptus,

Tac. H. 1, 35.—

B.

blandītus, a, um, P. a., pleasant, agreeable, charming (rare):

rosae,

Prop. 4 (5), 6, 72:

peregrinatio,

Plin. 10, 23, 33, § 67.