blanditia

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Latin

Etymology

From blandus +‎ -itia.

Noun

blanditia f (genitive blanditiae); first declension

  1. flattery, compliment
  2. caress
  3. charm
  4. (plural) flatteries, blandishments, allurements
    • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 4.867–868:
      poscite tūre datō fōrmam populīque favōrem,
      poscite blanditiās dignaque verba iocō
      Pray, with frankincense, that you will be given beauty and popular favor; pray for allurements and words suitable for amusement.
      (Prostitution in Ancient Rome: Religious observances to honor Venus were held in April.)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative blanditia blanditiae
Genitive blanditiae blanditiārum
Dative blanditiae blanditiīs
Accusative blanditiam blanditiās
Ablative blanditiā blanditiīs
Vocative blanditia blanditiae

Descendants

References

  • 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, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to be led astray, corrupted by the allurements of pleasure: voluptatis blanditiis corrumpi