blanditer

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *melh₂-der.?

Latin blandus

Proto-Indo-European *-teros?

Latin -ter

Latin blanditer

From blandus (“flattering, pleasant”) + -ter.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈbɫan.dɪ.tɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈblan.di.ter]

Adverb

blanditer (comparative blandius, superlative blandissimē)

1. soothingly, flatteringly, courteously

Synonyms

• (soothingly, flatteringly): blandē

Related terms

• blandē
• blandiflūus
• blandiloquus
• blandīmentum
• blandiō
• blandior
• blanditia
• blandītor
• blandītus
• blandus

References

• “blanditer”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “blanditer”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.