I.v. dep. a., to obtain by flattery or coaxing (rare but class.): “enitere, elabora vel potius eblandire, effice, ut, etc.,” Cic. Att. 16, 16 C, § 12; cf. Plin. 9, 8, 8, § 28; Liv. 27, 31: “unum consulatus diem,” Tac. H. 3, 37: “solitudinem ruris,” Col. 8, 11, 1.—
II. Of inanimate subjects, to foster, mature by mildness: “caelo fecunditatem omnem eblandito,” Plin. 16, 27, 51, § 118; cf. Vitr. 7, 5, 5; and somewhat diferently: ut eblandiatur lac igneam saevitiam, i. e. mitigate and drive it out, Col. 7, 5, 16.!*? Part., eblandītus, a, um, pass., obtained or caught by flattery: “eblandita suffragia,” Cic. Planc. 4, 10; cf. “preces,” Plin. Pan. 70 fin.: “aures nostrae,” Gell. 11, 13, 5.