lenior

lenior is a Latin form of lenis, meaning “gentle, mild, smooth, light; (leniter) gently”. It is the nominative singular masculine comparative adjective or vocative singular masculine comparative adjective or nominative singular feminine comparative adjective or vocative singular feminine comparative adjective.

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

Found 37 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, In C. Verrem 2.3.34: erit tamen in aratores lenior quam videtur. nam qui in decumanos octupli iudicium se daturum edixit, idem habuit in edicto se in aratorem i …

Plautus, Rudens 1.3.203: lénior ésset hic mi éius opera.

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.