leniter

leniter

Latin

Etymology

From lēnis (“soft, smooth”) +‎ -ter (adverb-forming suffix).

Adverb

lēniter (comparative lēnius, superlative lēnissimē)

1. softly, gently

Synonyms

• lēnē

Related terms

• lēnē
• lēnīmen
• lēnīmentum
• lēniō
• lēnis
• lēnitās
• lēnitūdō

References

• “leniter”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “leniter”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• leniter in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • a gentle ascent: collis leniter ab infimo acclivis (opp. leniter a summo declivis)