adverb
lēniter
lēniter (comparative lēnius, superlative lēnissimē)
Meaning
- softly, gently
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
gently
lēniter — in De Bello Gallico II and De Bello Gallico III
lēnĭter, adv., v. lenis
I. fin.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
lēniter adv. with comp. and sup.
lenis, softly, mildly, gently : adridens: atterens Caudam, H.: lenius equites lacessere, with less fury , Cs.: collis leniter acclivis, gently , Cs.: editus collis, L.: torrens lenius decurrit, O.—Fig., quietly, calmly, gently, moderately, leniently : id ferre: lenissime sentire: multa leniter multa aspere dicta sunt: consulto lenius agere, S.: dicis lenius quam solebas.— Remissly, indolently : si cunctetur atque agat lenius, Cs.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-teros? Latin -ter Latin lēniter From lēnis (“soft, smooth”) + -ter (adverb-forming suffix).