I.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.
dē-lēnĭo , and in many MSS. dēlīnĭo , īvi, ītum, 4,
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.
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