blanditia
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]blanditia f (genitive blanditiae); first declension
- flattery, compliment
- caress
- charm
- (plural) flatteries, blandishments, allurements
- 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 4.867–868:
- poscite tūre datō fōrmam populīque favōrem,
poscite blanditiās dignaque verba iocō- Pray, with [an offering of] frankincense, that you will be given beauty and popular favor; pray for [artful] allurements and words suitable for amusement.
(Prostitution in Ancient Rome: Religious observances to honor Venus were held in April.)
- Pray, with [an offering of] frankincense, that you will be given beauty and popular favor; pray for [artful] allurements and words suitable for amusement.
- poscite tūre datō fōrmam populīque favōrem,
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | blanditia | blanditiae |
Genitive | blanditiae | blanditiārum |
Dative | blanditiae | blanditiīs |
Accusative | blanditiam | blanditiās |
Ablative | blanditiā | blanditiīs |
Vocative | blanditia | blanditiae |
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “blanditia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “blanditia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- blanditia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- blanditia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to be led astray, corrupted by the allurements of pleasure: voluptatis blanditiis corrumpi
- to be led astray, corrupted by the allurements of pleasure: voluptatis blanditiis corrumpi