lenius

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

Found 60 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 5.17.1: Postero die procul a castris hostes in collibus constiterunt rarique se ostendere et lenius quam pridie nostros equites proelio lacessere coeperunt.

Ovid, Ars Amatoria 1.718: Lenius instando taedia tolle tui.

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.