mildness Copy link Outline I. Of climateII. Of disposition, etc.1. lēnĭtas2. mansuētūdo3. clēmentia • mildness: I. Of climate: clēmentia: Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 5 (aestatis). Usu. better expr. by adj.: such is the m. of the climate, adeo mite ac temperatum est coelum: v. mild (I.). II. Of disposition, etc.: 1. lēnĭtas: Ter. Andr. 1, 2, 4: Cic. 2. mansuētūdo: Cic.: Caes.: v. gentleness (3). 3. clēmentia: v. clemency. Or expr. by adj.: nothing could exceed the m. of his sway, *nihil poterat esse mitius s. clementius imperio ejus: v. mild (II.).
MILDNESS Copy link • MILDNESSlenitas (gentleness; of a thing or of a person; opposed to asperitas): animus, lenis, ingenium lene (gentleness; of character): clemetnia (opposed to crudelitas): mansuetudo (opposed to feritas, immanitas): misericordia (compassion; opposed to animus durus): facilitas (a yielding disposition): indulgentia (indulgence; opposed to severitas): benignitas, beneficentia (kind disposition, good-nature). Mildness of government, dementia et mansuetudo imperii.