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blandus

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Latin

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

Adjective

blandus (feminine blanda, neuter blandum, comparative blandior, adverb blandē or blanditer); first/second-declension adjective

  1. pleasant, agreeable
  2. enticing, seductive, alluring
    • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 4.99:
      quid genus omne creat volucrum, nisi blanda voluptās?
      What creates the whole race of birds, if not enticing pleasure? (trans. Anne and Peter Wiseman, 2011)
  3. persuasive
  4. fawning, flattering, smooth, suave

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

More information singular, plural ...
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
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Derived terms

Descendants

  • Aromanian: blãndã
  • Asturian: blandiu, llandio
  • Catalan: bla
  • → English: bland
  • Galician: brando
  • Italian: blando
  • Occitan: bland
  • Old French: blant
  • Portuguese: brando
  • Romanian: blând
  • Spanish: blando

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

Lithuanian

Adjective

blandus

  1. misty, foggy
  2. thick

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