ē-blandĭor, ītus, 4
* V. dep. a., to obtain by flattery or coaxing (rare but class.): enitere, elabora vel potius eblandire, effice, ut, etc.,Cic. Att. 16, 16 C, § 12; cf. Plin. 9, 8, 8, § 28; Liv. 27, 31: unum consulatus diem,Tac. H. 3, 37: solitudinem ruris,Col. 8, 11, 1.
* Of inanimate subjects, to foster, mature by mildness: caelo fecunditatem omnem eblandito,Plin. 16, 27, 51, § 118; cf. Vitr. 7, 5, 5; and somewhat diferently: ut eblandiatur lac igneam saevitiam, i. e. mitigate and drive it out, Col. 7, 5, 16.!*? Part., eblandītus, a, um, pass., obtained or caught by flattery: eblandita suffragia,Cic. Planc. 4, 10; cf. preces,Plin. Pan. 70 fin.: aures nostrae,Gell. 11, 13, 5.

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