Latin search results for: lenit

#1

verb

  • conjugation: 4th conjugation
  • voice: transitive

Definitions:

  1. abate
  2. beguile, pass pleasantly
  3. explain away, gloss over
  4. mollify
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: Frequent, top 2000+ words
  • Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#2

verb

  • conjugation: 4th conjugation
  • voice: transitive

Definitions:

  1. alleviate, allay, assuage, ease, calm, placate, appease
  2. mitigate, moderate
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: Frequent, top 2000+ words
  • Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#3

adverb

Definitions:

  1. gently/mildly/lightly/slightly
  2. moderately
  3. smoothly
  4. w/gentle movement/incline
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: Frequent, top 2000+ words
  • Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#4

verb

  • voice: irregular

Definitions:

  1. alleviate, allay, assuage, ease, calm, placate, appease
  2. mitigate, moderate
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: For Dictionary, in top 20,000 words
  • Source: William Whitaker’s personal guess
#5

verb

  • conjugation: irregular

Definitions:

  1. (Kludge)
  2. abate
  3. beguile, pass pleasantly
  4. explain away, gloss over
  5. mollify
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: For Dictionary, in top 20,000 words
  • Source: William Whitaker’s personal guess
#6

noun

  • declension: 3rd declension
  • gender: feminine

Definitions:

  1. gentleness, mildness
  2. lenience
  3. smoothness
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: For Dictionary, in top 20,000 words
  • Source: General, unknown or too common to say
#7

noun

  • declension: 3rd declension
  • gender: feminine

Definitions:

  1. calmness
  2. mildness
  3. softness
  • Age: Late, post-classical (3rd-5th centuries)
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: Having only single citation in Oxford Latin Dictionary or Lewis + Short
  • Source: Lewis & Short, “A Latin Dictionary”, 1879 (Lewis & Short)