blachnon blachnon (blech-), i, n., = βλῆχνον, a kind of fern (filix), Plin. 27, 9, 55, § 78.
blactero blactĕro, āre, v. n.cf.: balo, blatio, to bleat, of the ram, Auct. Carm. Philom. 56.
blaesus blaesus, a, um, adj., = βλαισός, lisping, stammering, hesitating in utterance, speaking indistinctly (most freq. in poetry): blaesus, cui litterae sibilantes (s, z) molestae sunt vitioseque pronunciantur, Popm. Differ. p. 133; Ov. A. A. 3, 294; Mart. 10, 65, 10. Of a parrot: sonus,Ov. Am. 2, 6, 24. Hence, subst.: blaesus, i, m., one who lisps, Dig. 21, 1, 10. Of intoxicated persons, Juv. 15, 48; cf. Ov. A. A. 1, 598.
Blaesus Blaesus, i, m., a cognomen in the Sempronian gens, Stat. S. 2, 1, 191; Tac. A. 1, 16; 1, 18; 1, 21 al.; 6, 40. Hence, Blaesĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Blœsus, Mart. 8, 38, 14.
blandifluus blandĭflūus, a, um, adj.blandus-fluo, flowing or diffusing itself sweetly, pleasantly: odor, Ven. Carm. 11, 10, 10.
blandiloquens blandĭlŏquens, entis, adj.blandus loquor, speaking courteously, flatteringly, or soothingly, Laber. ap. Macr. S. 2, 7, 3.
blandiloquentia blandĭlŏquentĭa, ae, f.blandilo quens, coaxing language, softness of expression, Enn. ap. Cic. N D. 3, 25, 65 (Trag. v. 227 Rib., or v. 305 Vahl.).
blandiloquium blandĭlŏquĭum, ii, n.blandus-loquor, soft words, flattering speech: insidiosum,Aug. Ep. ad Hier. 19, 4.
blandiloquus blandĭlŏquus, a, um, adj.id., speaking smoothly or flatteringly, fair-spoken: ut blandiloqu'est! Hei mihi metuo,Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 54: vox,Sen. Agam. 289.
blandimentum blandīmentum, i, n.blandior. 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.Trop.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.Healing applications, cures: alia quoque blandimenta excogitabat,Plin. 26, 3, 8, § 14.Careful culture: hoc blandimento (i. e. blanda cultura) impetratis radicibus,Plin. 17, 13, 21, § 98.
blandio blandĭo, īre, 4 (act. collat. form of blandior), to caress, coax, court: cur ego blandirem (mulierem),App. Mag. 87, p. 328 fin. Part. pass.: blanditusque labor molli curabitur arte, Verr. ap. Prisc. 792 P.: blandiendo duce nutrivit malum,Sen. Hippol. 135.
blandior blandĭor, ītus, 4, v. dep.blandus. Prop., lit., to cling caressingly to one, to fawn upon, to flatter, soothe, caress, fondle, coax (class.). With dat.: matri interfectae infante miserabiliter blandiente,Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 88. With inter se, Plin. 10, 37, 52, § 109. With ut and subj.: Hannibalem pueriliter blandientem patri ut duceretur in Hispaniam,Liv. 21, 1, 4.Absol.: cessit immanis tibi blandienti Janitor aulae Cerberus,Hor. C. 3, 11, 15: tantusque in eo vigor, et dulcis quidam blandientis risus apparuit, ut, etc.,Just. 1, 4, 12: et modo blanditur, modo... Terret,Ov. M. 10, 416.Transf. In gen., to flatter, make flattering, courteous speeches, be complaisant to. With dat.: nostro ordini palam blandiuntur,Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 37: blandiri eis subtiliter a quibus est petendum,Cic. de Or. 1, 20, 90: cur matri praeterea blanditur?id. Fl. 37, 92: durae supplex blandire puellae,Ov. A. A. 2, 527: sic (Venus) patruo blandita suo est,id. M. 4, 532; 6, 440; 14, 705.Absol.: quippe qui litigare se simulans blandiatur,Cic. Lael. 26, 99: lingua juvet, mentemque tegat. Blandire, noceque,Ov. Am. 1, 8, 103: in blandiendo (vox) lenis et summissa,Quint. 11, 3, 63: pavidum blandita,
timidly coaxing
,Ov. M. 9, 569: qui cum dolet blanditur, post tempus sapit, Publ. Syr. v. 506 Rib. With per: de Commageno mirifice mihi et per se et per Pomponium blanditur Appius,Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 10 (12), 2. With abl.: torrenti ac meditatā cotidie oratione blandiens,Plin. 26, 3, 7, § 12. In partic. Blandiri sibi, etc., to flatter one's self with something, to fancy something, delude one's self: blandiuntur enim sibi, qui putant, etc.,Dig. 26, 7, 3, § 2. So often in Dig. et Codd.; cf.: ne nobis blandiar,
not to flatter ourselves
,
to tell the whole truth
,Juv. 3, 126. Pregn., to persuade or impel by flattery ( = blandiendo persuadeo or compello very rare). With subj.: (ipsa voluptas) res per Veneris blanditur saecla propagent ( = sic blanditur ut propagent),Lucr. 2, 173 Lachm. With ab and ad: cum etiam saepe blandiatur gratia conviviorum a veris indiciis ad falsam probationem,Vitr. 3 praef.Trop. Of inanim. things as subjects, to flatter, please, be agreeable or favorable to; to allure by pleasure, to attract, entice, invite. With dat.: video quam suaviter voluptas sensibus nostris blandiatur,Cic. Ac. 2, 45, 139: blandiebatur coeptis fortuna,Tac. H. 2, 10. Absol.: fortuna cum blanditur captatum venit, Publ. Syr. v. 167 Rib: blandiente inertiā,Tac. H. 4, 4: ignoscere vitiis blandientibus,id. Agr. 16; Suet. Ner. 20; Plin. 13, 9, 17, § 60. With abl.: opportuna suā blanditur populus umbrā, Ov M. 10, 555. Of things as objects: cur ego non votis blandiar ipse meis?i. e.
believe what I wish
,Ov. Am. 2, 11, 54: nisi tamen auribus nostris bibliopolae blandiuntur,
blatero blătĕro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.kindred with βλάξ, simple, stupid, Paul. ex Fest. p. 34 Müll.; cf. blactero. To talk idly or foolishly, to babble, prate (colloq. and mostly ante- and post-class.), Pac. ap. Fulg. p. 561, 17; Afran. ap. Non. p. 78, 32: illud memento, ne quid in primis blateres,id. ib.; Plaut. ap. Non. p. 44, 15: desine blaterare, Caecil. ap. Non. p. 79, 2: cum magno blateras clamore, furisque, * Hor. S. 2, 7, 35; Gell. 1, 15, 17: his et similibus blateratis,App. M. 4, p. 153, 18; so id. Mag. p. 275, 8; id. Flor. p. 345, 19. Of the sounds of frogs, Siā Ep. 2, 2 med.; and of camels, acc. to Paul. ex Fest. p. 34, 2 Müll.
blatero blătĕro, ōnis, m.1. blatero, a babbler, prater, acc. to Gell. 1, 15 fin.
blatio blătĭo, īre, v. a.kindred with blatero, to utter foolish things, to babble, prate (anteclass. and late Lat.): nugas blatis,Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 79; so id. Curc. 3, 82; id. Ep. 3, 1, 13; Tert. Pall. 2; cf. Non. p. 44, 11 sq.
blatta blatta, ae, f., an insect that shuns the light; of several kinds, the cockroach, chafer, moth, etc., Plin. 29, 6, 39, § 139; 11, 28, 34, § 99: lucifuga,Verg. G. 4, 243 (per noctem vagans, Serv.); cf. Col. 9, 7, 5; Pall. 1, 37, 4; Hor. S. 2, 3, 119; Mart. 14, 37; cf. Voss, Verg. l. l. On account of its mean appearance: amore cecidi tamquam blatta in pelvim, Laber. ap. Non. p. 543, 27.
blatta blatta, ae, f.: blatta θρόμβος αἵματος, a clot of blood, Gloss. Hence, (Access. form blattea, Ven. Carm. 2, 3, 19.) Purple (similar in color to flowing blood; cf. Salmas. Vop. Aur. 46, and Plin. 9, 38, 62, § 135; late Lat.): purpura, quae blatta, vel oxyblatta, vel hyacinthina dicitur, Cod. Th. 4, 40, 1: serica,ib. 10, 20, 18: blattam Tyrus defert,Sid. Carm. 5, 48; Lampr. Elag. 33; Cassiod. Var. Ep. 1, 2.
blattarius blattārĭus, a, um, adj.1. blatta, pertaining to the moth: balnea, for moths, i. e. dark bathing-rooms (so called from the dislike of the moth to the light), Sen. Ep. 86, 7; cf. Plin. 11, 28, 34, § 99.Subst.: blattārĭa, ae, f. (sc. herba), moth-mullein: Verbascum blattaria, Linn.; Plin. 25, 9, 60, § 108.
blattea blattea, v. 2. blatta, II.
blatteus blattĕus, a, um, adj.2. blatta, II., purple-colored, purple: tunicae,Vop. Aur. 46, 4: pallium,id. 45, 5: funes,Eutr. 7, 9.
blattiarius blattĭārĭus, ii, m.2. blatta, II., a dyer in purple, Cod. Th. 13, 4, 2 dub.
blattifer blattĭfer, ĕra, ĕrum, adj.2. blatta, II., -fero, wearing purple, clothed in purple: senatus,Sid. Carm. Ep. 9, 16.
Blaudenius Blaudēnĭus, a, um, adj., of the town Blaudus (Βλαῦδος, Strab.), in Phrygia Major: Zeuxis,Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 4.
Blemmyae Blemmyae or Blĕmyae, ārum (also Blemyes, Avien. Descr. Orb. 329; and Blemyi, ōrum, Prisc. Perieg. 209), m., = Βλέμυες, an Ethiopian people, Mel. 1, 4, 4; 1, 4, 8fin.; Vop. Aur. 33, 4; Prob. 17; Claud Nil. 19; acc. to the fable, without head and eyes, and with the mouth in the breast,Mel. 8 fin.; Plin. 5, 8, 8, § 46; Isid. Orig. 11, 3, 17; Sol. 3, 4.
blendius blendĭus (in MSS. and edd. also blennĭus, corresponding more nearly to the Greek), ii, m. (blendĕa, ae, f., Plin. 1 Ind. libr. 32, 32), = βλέννος Oppian., βέλεννος Athen., an inferior kind of seafish, Plin. 32, 9, 32, § 102.
blennus blennus, i, m., = βλεννός, a blockhead, dolt, simpleton: stulti, stolidi, fatui, fungi, bardi, blenni, buccones,Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 2; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 35 Müll.
Blepharon Blĕphărōn, ōnis, m., = Βλεφάρων [eye-lids], a comic character in the Amphitruo of Plautus.
blitum blĭtum, i, n. (blĭtus, i, m., Pall. Mart. 9, 17: blitus seritur is written prob. from the corrupted or misunderstood blitūseritur, or perh. the obscure blitus eritur of the MSS.), = βλίτον, a vegetable, in itself tasteless, but used as a salad, orache, or spinach: Spinacia oleracea, Linn.; Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 26; Varr. ap. Non. p. 550, 15; Plin. 20, 22, 93, § 252; Pall. Mart. 4, 9 fin.; Paul. ex Fest. p. 348 Müll.; Isid. Orig. 17, 10, 15.