leni

leni is a Latin form of lenis, meaning “gentle, mild, smooth, light; (leniter) gently”. It is the ablative singular masculine adjective or 2nd person singular present active imperative.

It can also be a form of lenio, “soften, soothe, calm”.

Found 92 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 4.28.1: His rebus pace confirmata, post diem quartum quam est in Britanniam ventum naves XVIII, de quibus supra demonstratum est, quae equites sustulerant, ex superiore portu leni vento solverunt.

Statius, Thebais 6.131: Leni a ei proceres, genetricem mollior ambit

All forms of lenis (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.