gentleness Copy link Outline 1. lēnĭtas2. clēmentia (only of mental qualities)3. mansuētūdo (lit. tameness; hence, gentle conduct where severity might have been expected) • gentleness: 1. lēnĭtas: surprising g. (of a current), incredibilis l., Caes. B. G. 1, 12. Fig.: to recall men's minds to g. and pity, mentes ad l. misericordiamque revocare, Cic. 2. clēmentia (only of mental qualities): v. clemency. 3. mansuētūdo (lit. tameness; hence, gentle conduct where severity might have been expected): to show clemency and g. towards any one, clementia ac m. in aliquem uti, Caes. B. G. 2, 14.: g. of character, m. morum, Cic. Off. 2, 9, 32.
GENTLENESS Copy link • GENTLENESSlenitas (opposed to asperitas). Gentleness of temper, lenitas animi; from context, lenitas only: gentleness of character, ingenium lene or mite; of manners, mores placidi: mansuetudo morum.