clement Copy link • clement: clēmens, lēnis, mansuētus: v. merciful, kind, gentle (and cf. preced. art.).
CLEMENT Copy link • CLEMENTclemens (acting mercifully and humanely toward the criminal, those who have wronged him, etc.; opposed to crudelis): lenis (mild, placable; opposed to vehemens, asper, acer): indulgens (ready to overlook, etc.; opposed to acerbus et severus). Of the weather, mitis: lenis. ☞ Clemens in this sense is rather poetical.