lēnis e, adj.
with comp. and sup, soft,
smooth, mild, gentle, easy, calm: aliud (vinum) lenius, T.:
lenissimus ventus: spiritus, Tb.: volatus, O.: somnus, H.—Gentle, gradual: clivus, L.: iugum paulo leniore fastigio,
Cs.—Fig., gentle, moderate, mild, calm, kind, favorable: animus, T.: populus R. in hostīs
lenissimus: lenissima verba: lenissimum ingenium: lenior sententia, Cs.: lene consilium dare, H.: Non lenis precibus
fata recludere Mercurius, H.