(verb) : lēnĭo, īvi or ĭi, ītum, 4 (
* Imperf. lenibant, Verg. A. 4, 528: lenibat,id. ib. 6, 468; fut. lenibunt, Prop. 3, 20 (4, 21), 32), and n. 1. lenis.
* Act., to make soft or mild, to soften, mollify, alleviate, mitigate, assuage, soothe, calm (syn.: mitigo, placo, sedo, mulceo).
* Lit.: lapsana alvum lenit et mollit,Plin. 20, 9, 37, § 96: nuces leniunt saporem caeparum,id. 23, 8, 77, § 147: tumores,id. 33, 6, 35, § 110: collectiones impetusque,id. 22, 25, 58, § 122: stomachum latrantem,Hor. S. 2, 2, 18: volnera,to assuage, heal,Prop. 3, 20 (4, 21), 32: clamorem,to soften, moderate,Hor. C. 1, 27, 7: inopiam frumenti lenire,to make amends for, cause to be less felt,Sall. J. 91.
* Neutr., to become soft or mild, to be softened, mitigated: dum irae leniunt,Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 100; cf. Brix ad loc.

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