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leniter

leniter is a Latin form of lenis, meaning “gentle, mild, smooth, light; (leniter) gently”. It is the adjective.

Found 133 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 2.8.3: … t quantum loci acies instructa occupare poterat, atque ex utraque parte lateris deiectus habebat et in fronte leniter fastigatus paulatim ad planitiem redibat, ab utroque latere eius collis transversam fossam obduxit circiter p …

Ovid, Heroides 5.7: Leniter, ex merito quidquid patiare, ferendum est;

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.