gentle Copy link Outline I. Well-bornII. Mild, soft1. lēnis, e2. clēmens, ntis (rare in lit. sense3. mansuētus (strictly, tame4. mītis, e (v. MILD)5. plăcĭdusIII. Gradual; as a gentle incline1. mollis, e2. lēnis, e3. clēmens, tis • gentle: I. Well-born: gĕnĕrōsus: a virgin of g. and noble birth, g. ac nobilis virgo, Cic. Par. 3, 1, 20: Anaxarete of g. blood, A. generosa sanguine, Ov. Met. 14, 698: v. noble. II. Mild, soft: 1. lēnis, e: a very g. wind, lenissimus ventus, Cic.: Caes.: to cook at a g. fire, l. igni coquere, Plin. Fig.: g. torture, l. tormentum, Hor. Od. 3, 21, 13: very g. (clement) towards foes, in hostes lenissimus, Cic. R. Am. 53, 154: to be as g. as possible (with any one), quam lenissimum se praebere, Cic. 2. clēmens, ntis (rare in lit. sense: v. clement): a g. breeze, c. flamen, Cat. 64, 272: a g. stream, c. flumen, cf. Ov. 9, 116. Fig.: a g. reproof, c. castigatio, Cic. Off. 1, 38, 137: v. mild. 3. mansuētus (strictly, tame: q. v.): this I ask, why has he so suddenly become g. (tame) in the senate, when he was so fierce in his edicts? illud quaero, cur tam subito m. in senatu fuerit, cum in edictis tam fuisset ferus? Cic. Phil. 3, 9, 23: a very g. disposition, mansuetissimum ingenium, Val. Max. 2, 7, 11: Prop. 4. mītis, e (v. mild): a g. river, m. fluvius, Virg. Aen. 8, 88. Fig.: the g.r emotions, mitiores affectus, Quint. 5, 13, 2. Join: (homo) mitissimus atque lenissimus, Cic. Cat. 4, 5, 10. 5. plăcĭdus: v. calm, peaceful. To become g., mitescere, Liv.; mansuescere, Virg.; mollescere, Lucr. (v. to soften): to make g., mītĭgo, lēnio, mollio: v. to soften, assuage. III. Gradual; as a gentle incline: 1. mollis, e: a g. inclination, m. fastigium, Caes. B. C. 2, 10: to sink with a g. slope to the plain (of hills), se molli demittere clivo, Virg. E. 9, 8: Ov. 2. lēnis, e: a g. (gently rising) eminence, l. fastigium, Caes. B. C. 2, 24. 3. clēmens, tis: Apul. (better clementer editus, assurgens: v. gently, II.).
GENTLE Copy link • GENTLEOf good birth, ingenuus: liberalis: honesto loco natus: generosus (is stronger; of high, noble birth). Mild, meek, mitis (mild; opposed to acerbus, durus; e.g., in aliquem, toward anybody; of character, affections, etc.; also, poetically, of breezes): lenis (gentle; opposed to vehemens, asper, of persons, character, words; also of winds, Cic.; and sleep, Hor.; toward anybody, in aliquem). (The words are found in this connection and order.) lenis et facilis (of a person’s character): mollis (soft; of breezes, words, etc.): placidus (calm; opposed to turbidus, of persons, of sleep †, etc.). (The words are found in this connection and order.) placidus mollisque (of a person; e.g., reddere aliquem); placidus quietusque: placatus (toward anybody, in aliquem, especially after differences have existed between them; opposed to infestus). (The words are found in this connection and order.) quietus et placatus, mitis et placatus: levis (light; of touch, tactus, Ov.): mansuetus (PROP., tame, of animals; then gentle, etc., of persons). (The words are found in this connection and order.) lenis (or mitis) et mansuetus. The gentle Muses, Musae mansuetae: a gentle sleep, lenis or placidus somnus. To make anybody as gentle as a lamb, aliquem tarn placidum, quam ovem, reddere (Cic., Caecin., 10): a gentle reproof, castigatio clemens: to administer a gentle reproof to anybody, molli brachio objurgare aliquem (so as to spare him a more severe one, Cic., Att., 2, 1) : Gentle (of ascent, etc.), leniter editus; molliter assurgens; leniter or placide acclivis. Vid: GRADUAL.