noun · neutersecond declension
blandīmentum
blandīmentum n (genitive blandīmentī)
Meaning
- blandishment, flattery
- allure, charm
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | blandīmentum | blandīmenta |
| genitive | blandīmentī | blandīmentōrum |
| dative | blandīmentō | blandīmentīs |
| accusative | blandīmentum | blandīmenta |
| ablative | blandīmentō | blandīmentīs |
| vocative | blandīmentum | blandīmenta |
blandīmentum, i, n. blandior.
I. flattering words, blandishment, complimentary speech, flattery (class.; most freq. in plur. and in Tac.):
nec eam (virtutem) minis aut blandimentis corrupta deseret, Cic. Tusc. 5, 31, 87: pessum dedisti me blandimentis tuis, Plaut. Rud. 2, 6, 23; id. Truc. 2, 2, 63: multa igitur blandimenta plebi per id tempus ab senatu data, Liv. 2, 9, 6: captus blandimentis, Plin. Ep. 2, 19, 4: per blandimenta juvenem aggredi, Tac. A. 13, 13; 12, 64: muliebribus blandimentis infectae epistulae, id. H. 1, 74.—In sing., Tac. A. 14, 4.—And in poet. exuberance: cui blandimenta precesque Verbaque jactanti mitissima, desine, dixit, etc., Ov. M. 2, 815.—II. Trop.
A. Any thing that pleases the senses, an object that charms, an allurement, a pleasure, charm, delight:
multa nobis blandimenta natura ipsa genuit, Cic. Cael. 17, 41: blandimenta vitae = res, quae vitam jucundam reddunt), Tac. A. 15, 64; id. H. 2, 53 (cf.: delinimenta vitae, id. A. 15, 63): aestivi caloris, Pall. Sept. 17: vecturae, Veg. 2, 28, 37.—Of the spices, seasoning, condiments in food, Petr. 141, 8; Tac. G. 23.—B. Healing applications, cures:
alia quoque blandimenta excogitabat, Plin. 26, 3, 8, § 14.—C. Careful culture:
hoc blandimento (i. e. blanda cultura) impetratis radicibus, Plin. 17, 13, 21, § 98.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
blandīmentum ī, n
blandior, flattering words, blandishment, complimentary speech, flattery: Ibi blandimentum sublevavit metum, Ta.— Usu. plur: blandimenta plebi ab senatu data, L.: adversus plebem, Ta.—Fig., an allurement, pleasure, charm: voluptatis: vitae, Ta.: sine blandimentis expellunt famem, seasoning, Ta.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Latin blandīmentum From blandīrī + -mentum.