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mītis , e, adj. etym. dub.; cf. Sanscr. mith-, to associate; Lat. mutuus,
I.mild, mellow, mature, ripe; of the soil, mellow, light, kindly, fruitful; of a river, calm, gentle, placid (class.; syn.: lenis, placidus, comis).
I. Lit.: “sunt nobis mitia poma,Verg. E. 1, 81: “uva,id. G. 1, 448: “Bacchus (i. e. vinum),mellow, id. ib. 1, 344: “suci,Ov. M. 14, 690: “mite solum Tiburis,Hor. C. 1, 18, 2: “mitis (fluvius) in morem stagni,Verg. A. 8, 88: “flamma,harmless, innoxious, Sil. 16, 120.—
II. Trop., mild, soft, gentle.
B. Of things: “mitis et misericors animus,Cic. Inv. 1, 55, 106: “consilium,Ov. Tr. 1, 5, 5: “doctrina,Cic. Mur. 29, 160: malum, blandum atque dolosum, Lucil. ap. Non. 343, 9: “mitius exsilium,Ov. Tr. 2, 185: “servitium,Prop. 3, 13, 20: “opes,acquired through a long peace, Sil. 14, 653: “affectus mitiores,Quint. 5, 13, 2: “ingenium,Juv. 4, 82; 13, 184: “animus,id. 14, 15.—
III. Comically, made soft, mellow with beating: “mitis sum equidem fustibus,Plaut. Mil. 5, 31; cf. Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 12.—Hence, adv.: mīte , mildly, soflly, gently (rare; “not in Cic.): mite connivere,App. M. 10, p. 285, 4.—Comp.: “mitius ille perit,Ov. P. 3, 7, 27. —Sup.: “mitissime legatos appellare,Caes. B. G. 7, 43.
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