blandus
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Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *mland-, a nasalised variant of *meld-, extended form of *mel-. Cognate to Sanskrit मण्ड (maṇḍa, “cream; liquor; pleasantness; adornment, embellishment”). See mollis.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈblan.dus/, [ˈbɫ̪än̪d̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈblan.dus/, [ˈblän̪d̪us]
Adjective
blandus (feminine blanda, neuter blandum, comparative blandior, adverb blandē or blanditer); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | blandus | blanda | blandum | blandī | blandae | blanda | |
| genitive | blandī | blandae | blandī | blandōrum | blandārum | blandōrum | |
| dative | blandō | blandae | blandō | blandīs | |||
| accusative | blandum | blandam | blandum | blandōs | blandās | blanda | |
| ablative | blandō | blandā | blandō | blandīs | |||
| vocative | blande | blanda | blandum | blandī | blandae | blanda | |
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “blandus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “blandus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- blandus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “blandus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
Adjective
blandus
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