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ē-blandĭor , ītus, 4,
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.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (9):
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 16.16
    • Cicero, For Plancius, 4.10
    • Vitruvius, On Architecture, 7.5.5
    • Tacitus, Historiae, 3.37
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 9.28
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 27, 31
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 11.13.5
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 7.5.16
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 8.11.1
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