leniter

lēnĭter, adv., v. lenis fin.

lēniter, Adv. (lenis), sanft, gelinde, mild, I) eig.: arridere, Cic.: genae leniter eminentes, Cic.: ire per excubias, sachte, leise, Ov.: iter facere, langsam, Caes.: u. so accedere, Auct. b. Afr. – torrens lenius decurrit, Ov. – collis leniter editus od. acclivis, sanft-, allmählich aufsteigend, Liv. u. Caes. – stacte gustu leniter amara, gelinde, ein wenig, Plin. – color aspectu leniter blandus, mild, lieblich, Plin. – II) übtr.: A) im allg., sanft, ruhig, gemäßigt, gelassen, nicht hitzig saevire, Plaut.: ferre, Ov.: alloqui, freundlich zureden, Liv.: si agat lenius, allzu langsam, Caes.: lenius lacessere alqm, Caes.: lenissime sentire, Cic. – B) insbes., v. der Rede, dicere (Ggstz. aspere, atrociter dicere), Cic. u. Quint. – u. vom Vortrag, agere versum, Cic.

leniter [CL] 1 with gentle movement, gently, not violently. ~er liþelice GlP 872; Eadmer V. Anselmi I 22 (v. discernere 4a); confestim mittunt se ~iter infra castra G. Mon. I 9; ipsos [canes] manu ~iter annuens Gir. IK I 11; si episcopi possunt sic curam agere facerent, quia onus divisum ~ius portatur quando unusquisque debito modo proprio officio vacat Gascoigne Loci 23 (cf. ib. 30: ut levius onus portaret). 2 with smooth sound, softly. musicanter, ~iter GlC M 298; similiter hamo in hoc nomine hamus aspiratur fortiter, sed in hoc verbo amo profertur ~iter et debiliter Bacon Gram. Gk. 5. 3 with gentle effect, mildly. Jeremiam ‥ audite hoc modo ~iter verba initiantem Gildas EB 47; ut quidam damnis, quidam vero verberibus, et quidam districtius, quidam autem ~ius corrigantur (Libellus Resp.) Bede HE I 27 p. 50; illa aliquando inibi fortius firmavit de pessimis, aliquando vero ~ius, ut sibi videbatur, modum inposuit pusillanimis Theod. Pen. I 7. 5; ~iter docendo, adulando, hortando Asser Alf. 91.

lēnĭter (10) (lenis), doucement : arridere Cic. Rep. 6, 12, sourire doucement ; acclivis Cæs. G. 7, 19, en pente douce || avec placidité, nonchalance : Cic. Br. 277 ; lenius Cæs. C. 1, 1, 4 || avec calme, modération : Pl. Amph. 25 ; lenissime sentire Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 9, avoir les sentiments les plus doux || [en parl. du style] : Cic. Br. 164 ; de Or. 3, 102 ; lenius Cic. de Or. 1, 255.

leniter . adv. c. s.
輕輕。

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lēniter adv.with comp.and sup.

• lenis, softly, mildly, gently: adridens: atterens Caudam, H.: lenius equites lacessere, with less fury, Cs.: collis leniter acclivis, gently, Cs.: editus collis, L.: torrens lenius decurrit, O.—Fig., quietly, calmly, gently, moderately, leniently: id ferre: lenissime sentire: multa leniter multa aspere dicta sunt: consulto lenius agere, S.: dicis lenius quam solebas.—Remissly, indolently: si cunctetur atque agat lenius, Cs.